The Forgotten Constellation

The Sky, So Far

“Before any of us were born, the whole sky was one constellation, and it was held together the way a song is held together, by people doing it at the same time. Then came a night when everyone looked down at once. Nobody remembers why. The sky, being made of attention, forgot itself on the spot. ”

The night belonged, in the end, to the Phoenix.

“It was drawn back by everyone who reached for a stranger's hand in the dark and did not let go too early. ”