Detail, “It was the darkest night,” 8/15 from 21st Century Retablo. 11.7″ x 16,” mixed-media on archival paper, 2005-06. Permanent collection, USC Fisher Museum of Art. (Unfortunately, I no longer have a decent image of the full piece.)

POEM:

it was the darkest night:
          no moon
the dead light of dead
stars quelled by the blinking
nonsense of satellites, their mechanical
hearts manic
      unstoppable