Mony’s the nicht I’ve sat
neth the stewartry o the stars
and little thocht o the gowls o space
and aa its unkent fires.

Till nou, when my een are strung
on a sudden bleeze o licht
and I am a pairt o aa I see
and ken the pooer o the nicht…

—Alastair Mackie, “The Shepherd”
Published in A KIST O SKINKLAN THINGS

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