Enough Light to Leave By

I would put a lamp beside the gate.
A small one.
The moths can have their theories.

Under it, a notebook
with room beside each sentence
for what the sentence missed.

The cat has claimed the warmest page.
We will have to remember that part
another way.

You go to answer someone at the door.
The unfinished line stays unfinished.
Nothing is taken from it.

When you return,
move the lamp wherever you need it.
The garden has more than one place to sit.