Joyce Sutphen




Like a Diamond

In your sky, the stars
are made of many colors.
No outlines of legendary lovers,
the ache of their almost touching
arching through the dark.
Your stars are all equal
and fill the purple-blue expanse
without a sound. You could
give then names and match
each one with a song. I’d help
if you asked me—I could begin
saying the words right now.