Though you call
them the ‘pink moon’ and dress
them in floral prints of the season, the full moon tonight will show
their true color to you tonight and let you be let down (or up), and
they will light your faces up so
they can see how happy or sad you are to see
them so. And
they will shine upon the phlox
they were misnamed after, whose flamed flowers will rise in unison to the top of their stems to peer upon
them, and feel
their power of persuasion, and the feeling will feel full and beneficial and the phlox flower water will become bubbly and pour pink champagne into the trumpet of the lily. All will at very least acknowledge the full and vibrant moon for
their mighty refusal to be classified, categorized, denigrated, or diagnosed. Darwin may well be confused, yet his curiosity a contagion the whole world could catch. The moon was a kind moon, a gentle moon, a moon of many colors, and kept
their feelings somewhat to
themselves, so not to disturb the galaxy.
little children made a song they like to sing
every april comes around…
then one day
the pink moon got away
turned blue
for me and for you
happily and for
ever
too