Eagle Nebula
Short Love Sonnets
21.
Less stars tonight.
Less than last night.
Fewer that a week ago. The stars tonight
Are more obscure. Not silver or white,
The stars tonight are obsidian.
The stars tonight are not familiar,
do not have five points.
Stars are shaped like dead Osiris,
Osiris with An Old Man Face, a broken back,
intense desire.
Some are shaped like orphans with open arms.
These enigmatic, non-intimate stars emanate
Loneliness, walk downward, come closer, closer.
Duane Locke
Posted over on The Red Ceilings
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