XPost: alt.arts.poetry.comments, alt.poetry   
   From: user3274@newsgrouper.org.invalid   
      
   > > Star Child Memory   
   > >   
   > > Snapshot of a moment   
   > > an outdoor poetry reading   
   > > in early Spring 1996.   
   > > Glimmering stars   
   > > and looming moon   
   > > through the gloom.   
   > >   
   > > Passing through   
   > > in that cavern   
   > > of concrete, glass and brick   
   > > off Broadway.   
   > > I join the poetry reading   
   > > already in progress.   
   > >   
   > > There's a hush in the air   
   > > as we approach.   
   > > Star Child and her friends   
   > > standing with me   
   > > on the sidewalk.   
   > >   
   > > Glimmering stars above us   
   > > Springtime   
   > > constellations.   
   > > Poets sit in a circle   
   > > in the alley   
   > > behind Bazaar Earth.   
   > >   
   > > In those early days   
   > > so late in the game.   
   > >   
   > > But I couldn't remain   
   > > back then   
   > > I had to keep on moving.   
   > > I told them they couldn't get   
   > > high enough   
   > > to float with me.   
   > >   
   > > Star Child twinkled and tweaked   
   > > skipping by me   
   > > in that spangled night.   
   > > Stopping at the parking meter   
   > > waving goodbye.   
   > >   
   > > -Will Dockery   
   > >   
   > > ***   
      
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