Astrology

 

For mine I want a special sign, a special

constellation with a fine Greek name

of some kind, heroic like Hercules,

but not such a lummox, not a lion tamer

 

in a toga — no, I want something

a bit hipper, the kind of guy who gets

his own joke, knows his way around, who sings

his own song, plays a mean guitar, forgets

 

nothing, looks cool in shades, who never bears

a grudge, never tries too hard. And the brightest

stars up there — that’s him, minus the hair.

They must have an extra god like that, right?

 

 

© Michael Fleming

Brattleboro, Vermont

March 2011

 

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