I want to imagine that the name
Of Sparks Georgia commemorates
An instance of St. Elmo’s fire
Instead of somebody whose last name was Sparks
As you sail past the exit on I-75
You see cattle in the pasture of a species
Whose horns have been known to display
That phosphorescence of good or ill omen

We read of such phenomena in books
Or other sources of information
That store and transmit fact or fiction
Or that uncanny mixture
Like the hunting of the great white whale
And we try to imagine the regularities
And the chance operations that transpire
Just out of sight and extend
Billions of light years in all directions
And driving a car at 70 MPH or more
We try to maintain focus
Like schoolchildren attending classes
In a bomb shelter during an air raid