star dust by 8 kome
As he pulled into the driveway,
he saw the reflection of the approaching
dust cloud in the living room window
and noticed the palm of his wife’s hand
pressed against the glass of the darkening
sky; and when the sand and dust began
to collapse around their home and blanket
his car, he saw that his wife had become
not just his gravity, but his star.
–Bison Jack
he saw the approaching collapse
and noticed just when the gravity had
pressed into the driveway
his car
their home
and against the glass of the window
of the living room
and in that
he pulled his wife’s hand around his palm
as he saw the reflection of his wife become the dust cloud
and not sand
but star dust
began to blanket his
darkening sky
