or two gold sovereigns folded up
in a bit of green silk,
or two gold bugs
in little green shirts?
If you want to know,
you must walk tip-toe
so your feet just whisper in the grass--
you must carry them careful
and very proud,
for their stems bleed drops of milk--
but Lizzie and Clara shout in glee:
Pee-a-bed, pee-a-bed--
dandelions!
You look in the eyes of grown-up people
to see if they feel
the way you feel...
but they hide inside of themselves,
and so you do not find out.
Grown-up people say:
The stars are bright to-night,
but they do not say
what you are thinking about stars--
not even mama says what you are thinking about stars.
This makes you feel very lonely.

: :

It's strange about stars....
You have to be still when they look at you.
They push your song inside of you with their song.