Oh, My Stars - Nina Nastasia

Oh, my stars

You should’ve seen it

From the sky

A piece of ice fell

On the walk

Where pigeons gather

At the time

They all departed

Sinking slow

The late sun found it

I kept still

I did not touch it

Oh, my stars

You should’ve seen it

In the den

While I sat reading

I did not see

The stranger watching

My dad chased

Him down the driveway

He could have killed him

He wished he killed him

Sirens wailed

Floodlights shined in

All the rooms

Of our house

Oh, my stars

You should’ve seen it

Hard and blue

White and brilliant