Listen

Listen,
if stars are lit, it means
there is someone who needs it.
It means that someone wants them to be,
that someone deems those speckles of spit magnificent.
And overwrought,
in the swirls of afternoon dust,
he bursts in on God,
afraid he might be already late.
In tears,
he kisses God's sinewy hand
and begs him to guarantee
that there will definitely a star.
He swears
he won't be able to stand the starless ordeal.
Later, he wanders around,
worried, but outwardly calm.
And to someone else, he says:
"Now, it's all right.
You are no longer afraid,
are you?"
Listen, if stars are lit,
it means there is someone who needs it.
It means it is essential
that every evening
at least one star should ascend
over the crest of the building.