Everyone steps in a bear trap

Everyone steps in a bear trap,

and wears it as an anklet, painful,

invisible to the eye, but making a clanking

nevertheless, and audible even when

we speak of the stars.

Everyone bears a crown, unseen,

a hat with a hole to the sky,

a bit of panache as the world goes by,

and the light falls in, even when

we speak of the dark.

1-4-17