Poem: Small Extravagance

The little things that make life great.
Small Extravagance Letting a candle burn for no other reason     than the fact that I enjoy letting it burn Catching it from the corner of my eye     as I read,     that shivering light grown shorter,     as page turns after page, the waste     is a comfort for me somehow,     a small extravagance	This poem is included in Jim Freeman's poetry collection THE SMELL OF TWEED AND TOBACCO available here in print or as an e-Book in your favorite formats.