Constellation Fun

The sky a royal azure blue on clear as crystal night,
I saw the little dipper pouring stardust brilliant bright,
The dust it fell into Orion’s eyes; he woke too soon,
He swung his club and hit a star which landed on the moon.

The cratered moon it spun around two times or maybe three,
A thousand comets flew straight out, oh what a sight to see,
Two hundred comets plopped into the great Big Dipper’s cup,
They scattered so and clattered so it woke Orion’s pup.

Now Sirius, so serious his barking startled so,
That Scorpio, the scorpion would skitter to and fro,
This frazzled, dazzled arthropod he whipped and flipped his tail,
His stinger stuck the backside of the Great Bear; did he wail.

And to the utter wonderment of heaven near and far,
The Great Bear roared so loud this night it moved the morning star,
Apollo with his chariot; each gold and fiery horse,
He snapped his reins they galloped forward on their dawning’s course.

So if one wintry night you see a dark blue azure sky,
And morning light comes earlier and you just wonder why,
Just look again, and listen close you may hear the Great Bear,
And Scorpio or Sirius just having fun up there.

Peter Lowell Paulson
September 22, 2011