The Bread Man

by Daniel Thompson

 

Night is the future

I drive in the middle of

Under the weather of moonlight

Under the charity of darkness

With Godspeed I drive

Through the scarred wilderness

The ruderal loneliness

As if I were Heaven’s messenger

And had the divine right of way

Across avenues of bad news

To the streets of greed

Night is the future

For the fugitives of day

Who lay their heads down

Where there feet have trod

And hold in rough hands

This day-old daily bread

In a prison without walls

Under stars they seldom see

Night is the future

A dream of a blind date

Our faith arranges

Between justice and love

Under the weather of moonlight

Under the charity of darkness