Haikus past Midnight (NAPOWRIMO 2015 #03)

Breezy dusk melts through

A city aching for rest

Lampposts stand stalwart.

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Screeching in the dark

Echoes in alleys and bars

Owl or girl in need?

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As Morpheus fleets ’round

To every bed across town

Tales unfold tonight

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Midnight questions all

From king to beggar to whore

And all will fall prey

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Does the night, does it

Comfort the broken down souls

That the sun can’t heal?