The Well of Stars

Blue lights on the runway like stars

Photo, Mt. Baker and Stars © Bodi Hallett

The Well of Stars

Blue lights on the runway like stars
on the surface of a well
into which I fall each night from the sky,
emerging through the tunnel door
of the jetway, and the black waters
of the night, in the cities of America.

In the lit rooms of glass and steel,
in the still and secret towers,
under the tru…