Steady Steady

Hold your own
hand gentle permanence
expect to be 
at the end
of your wrists 
until the end of your
day your seven year dog
day panting into new
pants every era 
to say in 
stead still
steady sill
you window
you door 
you house
you starboard view
of the Perseids 
you are the consistency
the consistent meteor bath
in which you baste 
in your own stardust
for as long as your wobbles
resist the awkward immediate return
of a leaky gallon of milk
to a cash-only grocery store