When he was a boy and milking at night, he would emerge from the barn and see the creamy lights of the passenger train streaming by. He said he guessed he imagined then the places that train was bound for. Up above us there was another schedule. I hope if the comet, recently departed, did anything, it brought people out to the country to see the sky. People say that city lights wash out the light of the stars and hide the sky, as if they really know what that means.
Light is as prevalent as plastic.
If a stainless steel pail can surprise me, so can these stars. We sat in the lawn chairs. Steve popped open another beer. Stars fell out of the sky. As I think of it now, we talked about our weaknesses.