After Evening
The voice in the moon
whispers nothing sweet.
It disturbs me from sleep.
In the next room a
mad woman hears a
cloud, her eyes fill up with rain.
After evening wolves
patrol the hallways.
They howl at the voice in
the moon, which shines its
light through my bedroom
window. The mad woman
knocks on my door, says
the wolves have gone, asks
if I'd like to join her.
Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal works in the mental health field in Los Angeles. His first chapbook, Without Peace, was published by Kendra Steiner Editions in July 2007.