things I like to see when I look up

flame-colored leaves
mare's tails and cumulonimbus clouds
the gibbous moon
circling birds of prey
airplane contrails
the constellations Casseopeia and Orion
graffiti under bridges
hot air balloons
giraffes
squirrels
my father's lack of hair
my brother's baseball cap
paper lanterns
chandeliers

a poem about New Bedford

Litter in the Projects

Bud Light cans.
Newport packs and butts.
Losing scratch tickets.

In all the night sky
five lonely stars.