HE LOVED TO SLEEP BENEATH THE STARS
January 6, 2009
“Can I tell you something?”
He said.
“No,”
They said.
And he said,
“Oh.”
And he wasn’t so hurt
Because at least
They had answered him
And he sat quietly,
Then,
For as long as he was allowed
Because at least
He could see the way
They smiled
Like the family of stars
In the sky.
