losing the sun and the moon

fanciful, whimsical
somehow it took place -
imagine a giant game of marbles
the constellations an immense playground
losing the sun and moon
in an ill timed tweak
they go haywire, finally unorbitted
caught in the merry-go-round
of Saturn's rings, at once viewed in technicolor
and spinning brilliantly for the naked eye to behold...

reddened and embarrassed, Mars
overtakes the bygone silvery nighttime place
sending rouged light to the earth
while Venus, perpetually unlit now
throws darkness into daylight
but assures that Cupid's arrows are thrown helter-skelter
affecting men and delighting women on every continent
an orgy of love, that universal magic
becomes a planetary happening
imagined by generations
of dreamers and wise men
so fanciful and whimsical


losing the sun and moon
[2007.17.11...a]