i must learn to stop staying up so late
as if my wakefulness could keep tomorrow
at bay. i never learn. perhaps i'm lonely.
but am i not here, in the milky way?

it is not enough to know the name. no.
he had told me, always will be enough.
i'm still to learn the meaning of these words.
there is nothing on the other side of

the word: this is the meaning of the earth.
it is not a tragedy, or at least
it does not have to be. it might be worth
our time, to enquire if we are free.