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Sunday, March 31, 2013

THOSE COLD NOVEMBER NIGHTS

To Gilbert


Those cold November nights, so long ago,
My family would walk outside to hear
The wild geese calling softly overhead—
Unseen formations in the black, transparent air.
And, guessing at origins and destinations,
My elders would conjecture how
The geese knew when to go, and where . . . then stay
To name faint constellations: the Great Bear,
And slant Orion’s Belt and fire-tipped Bow,
And Cassiopeias tilted starry Chair.
I didn’t know, back then, as now I do,
There was, there is, no husbandry in heaven.
Their lights are all on, but nobody’s home.

These days I turn to you, who wouldn’t know
The North Star from red Mars or Venus trembling near the moon—

Whose deep interior constellations I can’t see,
But know are there—And you are always home.
You are home.




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