“The greater and the lesser lights”

trailing the transcendent sun-rise
as expected
the morning star is lost to
artificial day

its tender immanence does
not insist
might be noticed only in that
brisk watch

of news rounds and milk rounds
parting lovers
cleaners on their distant drag
to offices

until the urgent timers
switch
and most are fast asleep or paying
inattention

and even the birds belting out the once again
coming of
Dawn! Oriens! Dayspring-from-on-High! are singing
to LEDs

Clare Bryden “The greater and the lesser lights”, Fulcrum, Issue 3: Glitched Narratives, 6 July 2025.