Pearls with a Double Clasp

by Wendy Burk

Don't underestimate the clearing.

It's all about the human figure making contact

with the small circle of light.

Those wide eyes...I thought you were

human...but you didn't blink.

I want you to know: as long

as you are alive at this latitude Orion will

be with you winter nights.

So give her the necklace:

no one knows

and no one knows

and no one knows.