1.
Cosmic Pluralism, a theory much favored by men of science in the 18th and 19th centuries, uses inductive reasoning to propose that if Earth is not the center of the universe, and is in fact, one of many spheres circling around a central sphere, and if God does not waste, does not create illogical excess, if we are not whims sent spinning about a mostly empty sky, then we must be living in a universe teeming with life, that each world must be riotous with minds, with men all looking up at the sky at the same time, all looking deep into each other's worlds unknowing and praising God.
2.
As I get older
I find it harder to break habits.
Each morning the same as another.
The same fading in and out
of dreams before the final awakening.
The same stumbling for the coffee pot.
The start up chime on my laptop
creation's only testimony.
3.
After the
smoke clears
the last sparks
sizzle and stop
over the lake
As you shuffle back
with the rest of town
across the wet grass
as the sulphur renders
and the stars return
listen
to your neighbor
tell his son
"this was all for you
these people
standing together by the lake
all love you so much
they lit up the sky"