Nothing to Say

A dog is barking into the night,
I'm inside rattling the keyboard. No moon,
no intruder, no reason, we both have nothing

to say. A neighbor goes out and howls
at the dog, later we come to our senses
and the moon intrudes on a quiet street.

Only the bat has something to say,
and he mutters just to himself,
like a poet on a quiet street.