XI: The (Chaotic) Constellations and (Chaotic) Planets Devolve

~ ~Serpens joins its head to its tail ~ ~ escapes Asclepius the Healer ~

~ hisses at Taurus the Bull ~ ~ ~ slithers to the Equator

Lion roars flames at Canis the Dog ^ ^ ^ swipes at the Crab’s claws^ ^^ ^

switches his tail like a whip \ \ \ \ \ flogs Virgo the

Maiden \ \ \ \ \

Virgo darts out of her place in the Zodiac circle * * * * * *

past Boötes the Herdsman

to his wagon near the North Pole.

She shivers alone in the cold polar night. | *

Morning Star bullies past the Evening Star in the West and takes its place.

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Eos the Dawn walks deep space ☼

The blue-hot star Sirius leaps at the Big Bear, Ursa Major, scorching its fur ++ /\/\ ++

The two fishes of Pisces < / >

one headed North

the other South

break apart.

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Dolphin splashes into Capricorn’s place and tumbles with the monster goat with a fish’s tail.

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Moon carouses midday sky O

fades without the torch of the Sun’s rays. o

Scorpio -^ wakens from its trance

scuttles after Orion, raising its stinger at the giant. -^ -^ -^ -^ -^

Chorus of the seven Pleiades resonates among the planets

a cacophony

interrupting the seven spheres in their celestial song.

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The planets jostle out of position

Venus challenging Zeus♀♀

Mars pushing aside Father Cronus. ♀♂ ♀♂ ♀♂ ♀♂

Faithful Hermes son of Zeus

abandons the careening chariot

no longer keeping

steady course

through

Chaos.