Even Now at Sixty-One—Car Park at Night

By Lesley Lambton

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How could I 
have forgotten 
the dread

of having 
to choose 

between the dim 
shaft of the stairs 
and the bright 
cage of the elevator?

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Lesley Lambton was born in the North of England but lived in Connecticut for many years where she worked at her local library organizing programs and events. She recently moved to the Isle of Man in the middle of the Irish Sea. Her poems have appeared in several anthologies and journals including Connecticut River Review, The Worcester Review, and Right Hand Pointing. Her chapbook Crocus was published by the Collective Press in Wales.

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