hubble

glass-eye, seeing
eye, showing the bee-dances of stars and
constellations. through his telescope,
the universe expands                     red, inhaling, knitted
gasgiant temper tantrums        scatter-
plot of suns,
tetnus of a ruined nova, like a god
in immortal pain. snail mail
light -- it has taken     millionsmillionsmillions^3
of years to illuminate this single, spectacled
astronomer.

half a world away, a shooting star
unzips the night
coyly.

and we point.