The Sun Shines Fluidly on Every House

The sun shines fluidly on every house,
spilling over the sheep and cattle
in view of the cowboy brothers (twins
– by different fathers – it’s a long story),
while at the water’s edge a crab
scuttles unnoticed by a cat
dozing beside an adolescent girl
weighing her options, curious
of the scorpion poised
at the hooves of a centaur (yes,
a half-horse man roams this landscape)
with bow and arrow slung open-carry,
galloping to meet his chimeric brethren
the sea-goat at the seaside where
a gorgeous boy pours them wine
and two fish swim together
connected by a luminous thread,
which, star by star, connects to every
creature in this scene because
the sun shone fluidly in every house
the day each one was born,
and would keep shining even if
the cat appraised its options,
and the scorpion claimed to be crab
and the bull converted to ram
and the brothers came out as fishes
and the centaur dressed as a sea-goat
and the boy became a girl.

Flying Island Journal , 29 November 2024.

Notes: This poem suggests that a person’s sun sign at birth should not define their identity. The poem goes through all twelve signs of the zodiac, also called houses, in order: sheep = aries; cattle = taurus; brothers = gemini; crab = cancer; cat = leo; girl = virgo; weighing options = libra; scorpion = scorpio; centaur = sagittarius; sea-goat = capricorn; boy = aquarius; fish = pisces.

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