Reclaim the night

  
 She came in peace to reclaim the night,
 with her sisters, a candle and a thimble of hope,
 which wept itself out under flashing blue lights. 
  
 Held down on the tarmac by a friendly policeman
 she sees from the gutter an opulence of coppers,
 all suddenly keen to see streets safe at night. 
Harry Gallagher