Oh, my stars    You should've seen it    From the sky    A piece of ice fell       On the walk    Where pigeons gather    At that time    They all departed       Sinking slow    The late sun found it    I kept still    I did not touch it    Oh, my stars    You should've seen it       In the den    While I sat reading    I did not see    The stranger watching       My dad chased    Him down the driveway    He could have killed him    He wished he killed him       Sirens wailed    Floodlights shined in    All the rooms    Of our house       Oh, my stars    You should've seen it    Hard and blue    White and brilliant