We would drive out of town in my Uncle's jeep
up in the hills above the suburbs, miles off the highway
I brought a 12 pack of cheap beer,
she brought an old telescope
She preferred a certain part of the sky
particular constellations
Her favorites were not the brightest
obscure in both name and history
sometimes I could not even see it
It's there. You just have to take my word for it
Her sister said she had a star map glued to the ceiling
over her bed, with that part circled
After the accident, I never saw her room,
or the bed or the map
You just have to take my word for it
Last week I drove my Sentra out of town away from the lights but
the only thing in the sky were
clouds
.