Stars I Have Loved
STARS I HAVE LOVED
No constellations above city haze,
No familiar groupings…all obscured.
Below, there are new groupings
New constellations - city offerings.
Police car comets, mosque moons :
Replacements for real life.
Orion, Gemini , Auriga gone.
Your stars twinkled. These don’t.
Supermarket, metro, gas stations,
Stare unrelentingly all night long.
The aurora is gone - the city took it.
City takes ; city gives back.
The city is god - at night.
As real stars fade with the dawn’s delight,
Fade too do these new stars,
As sun comes up with his daily daylight.
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