AS NUMEROUS AS THE STARS

We were to fold and unfold

seven times a million times

and looking around,

we listened well.

It went deeper than Israel

and now judges are fat-faced on TV screens,

spitting into microphones,

texting and calling and emailing

and tweeting, all noise emanating

from restless fingers.

I imagine this isn't what You  

had imagined,

but I suppose you roll around

inevitabilities in your hand like

a multi-faceted crystal, feeling

for the potential absurdities 

and knowing exactly how to shift 

it in your hand for its light

to reflect face up.