some stars, or whatever

Romans 1:18-21

Some stars in the sky, 
Venus or whatever. 
Yea OK it was nice, I guess.
A million whatever away 
And there for billions of years.

A star or planet anyway. 
I can’t tell the difference
Without an app. 

There were obviously more shiny things 
That made it hard to find the stars: 
Airplanes and cell phone towers 
And that village over there with the bougie shopping center. 
And did I tell you a rat ran by and I just lost it?!

Anyway, so I took my phone to use some app 
To try to find that bear in the sky 
And Oriol’s clothes, or something like that.
No sorry, Orion. I looked it up. 
But I didn’t see Saturn’s rings, so I was disappointed. 
Really, I felt really let down.

It was too hot outside though, 
And I was too tired.
I needed a mojito. 

Yea, Venus, Saturn, and Mars, 
And stars, stars, stars,
I saw them all.

They were...
Staring at me,
Condemning.

        — Joey Shaw