Ode to the angels as they fly
You wander through the evening sky,
to all the stars a passerby,
and all the children point, say "Why
does God connect his stars with streaks of white?
I say they're only angels fast in flight
and that an angel's wings are made of light.
In short, I lie.
I will not try
to make them cry
explaining the fall of meteorites.
To tell the truth sometimes is just not right.
Better myths about angels in the night
than specks of dust that spark and die,
pulled from orbits that went awry.
There's no magic in that reply.