Helicopters at Night - Dec. 20, 2023

somebody help me -

I’m clueless why people

prowl in the darkness

choose to be raccoonish

with a rat’s sneakery

and a skunk’s conceit

come to life after the sun sets

in the cold and hard-to-see

light of a cataract moon

choose to feed on those

that live in sunlight

as they lay in a worthy rest

I hear it whirl over me

3 a.m. as I slide back

under the covers

through the screen door of my top sheet

inside the front door of a thick blanket

deadbolted    as I close my eyes