Orion falls back
into a wave of clouds
with his dogs thrashing behind him
eternally--he flails
across the night sky
at the outlines of star-beasts
and never grows closer
--his heart beats, now
at the pulse of the universe
and he runs at the rate
of the slowest of nebulas
until his glowing components
should veer off, at last
away from each other--and tear him apart
the goddess is gone now
with a grunt and a snort and a shake
of her head
she walked away down the shore
more than three millennia ago
and left you in the still darkness
with the empty patterns of your desire
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