In the dark

Down at park

Heard a lark

Created spark



Looked up high

At the night sky

Wondered why

The stars sighed



Half moon shone

Did not feel alone

Dog found bone

As she did roam



Looked up into black

Stars beamed back

Counted the tacks

Remembered stacks



Of stuff I'd learned

Which ones burned

Constellations churned

In my mind as I turned



Orion blanketed head

And Big Dipper led

The star march fed

Mind raced as I read



Pegasus galloped

My mind scalloped

Hercules enveloped

The sky then scoped



Gemini unfolded

My mind scolded

Marched forth bolded 

Silver became golded



Ursa Major unleashed

An aura of bleach

Forming a real treat

To eyes dazzled neat



Leo raged in distance

Mind became insistent

See it all - don't miss it

The stars omnipresent



Aquarius shone on edge

Stared out at the ledge

Reached back for wedge

Of mind stored dredge



Eridanus way out far

A loose form of stars

Cetus was unmarred

Mind raced unscarred



Capricorn rose large

Forming a barge

Sagittarius was hard

Barely formed in shards



Dog watched at me

Mind lost - so free

So full of glee

Spying beyond trees 



Canis Major beckoned

As my mind reckoned

The dog did second

Guess my checking



Ball not up there

Down on this stair

Stood on end my hair

As mind pushed fair



Taurus raged

Eyes blazed

Draco gazed

I was amazed



Scorpio showed

Its pincers glowed

Libra stowed

Stars snowed



Down upon shoulders

Even though I'm older

Remembering bolder

Star bursts were told'er



One never forgets

Once reminded - it gets

Easier to protect

Learning not suspect



Virgo jumped out

Mind spun about

Crater did shout

Corvus at its snout



Corona Borealis clumped

All together at first stumped

But then mind pumped

As dog now jumped



Cygnus shone bright

Mind full of might

Grasping quite tight

At how much light



There is in darkness

Along with starkness

Comes the harkness

Of well-learned partners



Dog tugged at vision

My mind's legion

Lost its region

Dealt with pleasing



Her needs on ground

See to the sounds

Found ball around

Hedge on the mound



Walked back to car

Mind filled with stars

Looming so large

Full of wonder parched



Christopher W. Thomas

7:30am Wed. 10/22/97