Sunset, Moonlight, Lamplight, Dawn

The sequence itself
Is ordinary
Enough, but you could

Fit all kinds of plots
And human sorrows,
Rare entertainments,

In the interval,
If you were skillful
At storytelling.

Life is less skillful.
Usually, life
Just moves through the night,

Sunset, sleep, wake up,
Moonlight, lamplight, dawn.
The sequence varies.