Star Gazer

Beneath the dam St. Vitus swam Till he settled upon a bar Where heaven's light reflected bright In eyes fixed upon a star No move he made, or mind he paid When minnows gently kissed Good night to him, who couldn't swim, Now shroud in mornings mist. Epilogue - The Fall of Man With celestial shine cast so divine, His rapture was complete. Was heaven's call that caused the fall, Damned by agnostic feet. * A light parody (if imagery of a drowning could be considered light) of a wonderful poem "Muess des Beaux Arts" by W. H. Auden. Auden's poem is based on a 15th century painting "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus". The theme of the poem (I am vastly over simplifying the theme here) is the human capacity to be so focused on our daily lives that an amazing tragedy, Icarus fall from the sky, could go unnoticed. My point is that if you are too fixed on the heavens and great questions - life, the universe, and everything - you might miss the simple things that are important . . . like watching where you are going! (And no, St. Vitus didn't drown, he is the patron saint of dancers and epileptics.)