He sits in his rocking chair Moon on his lap He asks his wife for some more ice In his eyeball-glass She looks out the kitchen window Eyes fixed on Antares- The fish hook of the sky Mars’ rival in its palace She wonders why, if hunter’s dead, She still feels strong desire “**** yourself before it kills you” Whispers the star of fire The son sits Indian style Upon his race-car bed He prays to Pluto and the sun And ponders in his head, “Am I proud to be an earthling?” “Could my skin transform to fur?” Then he closed his eyes And realized It’s not as they are But as they were