Stars and the Light That Is Not

cloudy or clear seen or unseen they will shine whether dead or alive they make ghosts see in the dark make cats and dogs go in and out of their own shadows a full moon is stuck on the roof of a nursing home Alzheimer gets angry with itself dementia goes out for a naked walk newborns sleep in peace always to wake up crying their pale faces molded into alien shapes and the stars the far and away stars gleam out from their forever dark eternally empty mouse holes