Telescope Psalm

Am I afraid to be forgiven?

I’d have to wear nicer suits.

By the time everything is fair I will

have devised a system to send word

via the birds on my roof. But I am

of two minds about most subjects

and, in turns, one mind must elbow the other

who is snoring. That’s why I thought I enjoyed

talking too much tonight at the brewpub

until the silence of the long walk home

made a better argument, better

company. The sky’s library of stars and dust,

whatever is possible remaining possible

even as it’s gazed at through the private

telescopes of an entire hemisphere.

It’s now. It’s not forever. And this

forever shall be true. To see further,

those without telescopes sometimes

cup their hands around their eyes.