Poem by Jill Bronfman
Why I Need You to Watch the Sunset
I need you to close the laptops
You have opened on the dining room table
On your lap
And on the bed next to you
All of you
And I need you to come up on the roof now
Because the sky is pink and orange
And the ancients believed those who witness these colors
Would live forever
And since the cat has already seen the sun, and it's set
And since she is not willing to be embalmed like
Her Egyptian foremothers
You will have to watch with her
And you will have to care for her
When there are only stars in the sky
Art Information
- “NYC Sunset” © Drew Tarvin; Creative Commons license.
Jill Bronfman is a professor, lawyer, nonprofit worker, and parent. In recent years, her work has been published in Mothers Always Write, Talking Writing, Coffin Bell, Flock, Wanderlust, Quiet Lightning, and a variety of law and technical books and periodicals. She has performed her work in Poets in the Parks and LitQuake.
Author photo credit: Jason Doiy.
