New York Light

Might there be a word in the thesaurus for it,

The one that describes Manhattan’s early light,

A word for the way the sunrise dodges skyscrapers

As it chases darkness away from store windows

And homeless hideaways.

Might another thesauric find

Describe the way it hovers over

A pair of thick glasses

Likely dropped through inebriation’s oversight

Rendering the unfortunate to stagger off sightless

Singing to himself

Or

Praising God for help in his grasping the lamppost