the brightest star of that well-known oft mistaken constellation disfigured and disguised by the shifting of Rorschach’s clouds the temporary flair of an unremarkable astral body burning through the upper atmosphere forgotten immediately as it fades along with any accompanying wish the strobing beacon of wingtip or undercarriage marking the distance needed for safety moving through turbulence restlessness and discomfort watched with ill-considered envy in this overcast night sky those twinkling lights will often go unnoticed or simply ignored