We didn't know what woke us—just something
moving, lighter than our breathing. The world
bound by an icy ligature, our house
was to the bat a hollow, warmer cavity
that now it could not leave. I screamed
for you to do something. So you killed it
with the broom; I heard you curse as you
swept the air. I wanted you to do it until
you did. I have never forgiven you.
Claudia Emerson
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-bat-7/
