sincerest astrologies

on the good days, bring your belief case
and I will hear your brief
humor the stars
ponder the consequences
of the languages of fate
patience running high
oxygenated fumes pleasantly waft
across living rooms
while the buzzing of spiritual
mysteries are explained
however
that fateful bend in the river
when I am downstream
from the elbow
knee deeper in the mud
I give you my sorrow
but not my ear
though perhaps tomorrow
I'll be willing to hear