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An Ode to Our Travellers of the Constellations

BAND LEADER:
Today a glint of ice
in Serpens Caputs eye
Tomorrow
gleaming
at the point of Pyxis’ needle

VILLAGERS:
The scalpel drawing a line
Across the stellar dragon’s spine
Flying

BAND LEADER:
Finally
Gone from sight
We can leave behind our never home

VILLAGERS:
Forgotten
Our never home

BAND LEADER:
A drop
Of water

VILLAGERS:
Carina slices
Into the sea of space
Among the shining spray of stars
Am I