Saturday, September 24, 2011

Stars

I remember looking up at the stars and whispering,
Dear God, please let me never be like them.
A great, flaming ball of gas? God asked. No,
I said, a pinhole in the ceiling of a decrepit universe.
I take offense at that, God said.
Sorry, I said.
You can guess what He said back.

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