Starlets hide in the greenness.
Dimly
The fir-cones glow
Almost as greenish fireflies, only softer.
Softer still is the whisper
Of secret voices below.
These shining elusive starlets,
Someone hung them aloft.

Turn off the light and breathe in
The warm remoteness.
Don't afear twinkies
While they dance their fill.
Fancy them being real
Heavenly bodies,
New Year constellations
That never should go still.

They are some wonders, aren't they.
Green little starlets.
They don't have dreams or joys,
Banns or knells.
But there's something in there
You can't place a finger at, really:
When one of a thousand goes out,
The rest go out as well.