Wednesday

He said that he could
eat all the stars from
outer space and his
hunger still would not
be satiated
and he reached out
and plucked one from
that clear night sky
a little sparkle
of light in his fat fingers
and placed it on his
tongue
smiled and then it was gone
the Universe shuttered
a bit
shifted to the North
and settled itself
This comic thing
speaks with the power
of a million burning
Suns
that he eats from
the night sky
before he sleeps in the
Dreams of children