artwork: sharon auberle
You Teach Me the Night Sky
by
Jeanie Tomasko
Don’t
say Milky Way
say
River of Heaven
like
stones, woodsmoke.
No,
not stars, say myths
of
fire, say Cygnus, say — oh
the
sky is filled with
sadness
– don’t say sad
say
moon, say orange, say —
the
moon is an orange
tonight,
Love, tonight
Aquarius
brings water
for
us the sky is
an
old god in blue
and
a boy with an orange
in
his coat pocket.
~
previously published in Sharp as Want
(Little
Eagle Press)
