Crystal Night

Lyn Lifshin
windows slashed
like skin pulled
tight frozen with a
stone slammed thru
it smashed blue
glass crystal a
whole lake of ice
a plane crashes
into smashed
tea cups bowl of
glass glass
shattering in the
night something like
a mirror walked
into they came beat
people up blue
jars the glass piled
in an alley calf
deep. All night the
sound of ice in
the branches poking
holes in the roof
A warning stained
glass from the
synagogues slashed
plum peach cherry
frosting over in
the chill NOvember
light an arm
torn bleeding
a whole family
in shards and this
is just the beginning