'Friendly in the dark chill'

A Leonid meteor streaks across the sky during a meteor ‘‘shower.’’

"The sky is streaked with them
burning holes in black space --’/
like fireworks, someone says
all friendly in the dark chill
of Newcomb Hollow in November,
friends known only by voices.’’


From “Leonids Over Us,’’ by Marge Piercy, a Wellfleet, Mass., poet. Newcomb Hollow Beach is part of the Cape Cod National Seashore.