Kayleigh Willis
'My Desk Lamp' by Michael Penny
cantilevers over my work
its single unblinking eye
that I do not expect will be kind
as it sees everything
leaving no shadows
to hide my faults.
It will note
but not correct;
instead it stares
until I do get it right
and allow myself to switch
it off. I know it cares.
Copyright. Michael Penny.
Michael Penny has published five books, most recently Outside, Inside (McGill-Queen’s University Press.) He lives on an island near Vancouver, Canada.
