Vespers

Vesper is the Latin for evening
were this not to be known; Evensong

for the Anglican, a balcony
on Rome gracing the rampart
Chorale and the marsh valerian.

There can be a sunset in the West,
pale yellow and streaky orange.

The importance of every evening.
Death is a lottery. Wild garlic.
A sparrow is flying in the hall.

Christopher Truman is a North London poet and artist.