STAR FINDER
The evening birds quieten, and now it’s the owl,
And fireflies. And stars. And fireflies that somehow,
With their buglight, compete on an even playing
Field with the stars. These stars are, somehow,
Constellated, and I hear my mother’s ghost saying
I left you my old field guide. The quiet dark allows
All of her to come inside. She’s clearly conveying
The ease and importance of learning the constellations.