Do you remember
The night
We drove up Museum
Hill
To gaze into the night
Sky
Crowded with stars
An overwhelmed feeling
Of absolute awe
In our hearts
Starlight still so much
Brighter
Than light from the city
Below
City lights that would
Multiply
In years still to come
Dimming starry brilliance
From the night sky
Museum Hill
The Museum of Indian Arts
And Culture
The Lab of Anthropology
The Folk Art Museum
As tho asleep
Their doors locked
The silence of night
Wrapped around them
We know them well
Each with its own
Unique reason for
Existing
How many hours
Over twenty-seven years
Did we spend in one
Or the other
I don’t remember now
How long we stayed
Looking up into that
Infinite world of stars
Maybe until our necks
Began to ache
I only remember
It was hard to leave
Ignorant astronomers
Were we
Excited to spot
Numerous shooting stars
The Big and Little Dippers
Then red Mars
And a satellite
Streaming across the sky
Amazed with the stars
Slow move of their
Positions
As the night
Moved
On
We left as we came
Driving down and around
The winding road
That led us around
And up
Museum Hill
Do you remember
Do you remember
I do
