Another Evening
by George Freek


A thousand tiny stars
pass over my hatless head.
It's a parade of the dead.
The sky is like a book,
astronomers can read.
It satisfies their need,
but what is it saying to me?
When a shooting star
fades to nothing,
I'm filled with nervous regrets.
That star is what we're made of.
It starts to rain.
As that star faded to nothingness,
I cover my head,
but I walk home soaking wet.

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