Dennis Trujillo
Morse Code of the Stars
Stars have a Morse code with which
they chronicle their existence.
Dashes and dots leap across space
with gossip of the galaxies.
They love to relate anecdotes
about their planets the way Earth parents
talk about their kids: “My third one
just started supporting life,”
or, “The one a hundred million miles
away is so stressed—I’m afraid
she’s going to blow herself up.”
Mostly though, they use Morse code
To recite poems of universal wisdom--
like how eternity lasts only a moment
and a moment lasts for all eternity
and how there is only one moment.
Morse Code of the Stars
Stars have a Morse code with which
they chronicle their existence.
Dashes and dots leap across space
with gossip of the galaxies.
They love to relate anecdotes
about their planets the way Earth parents
talk about their kids: “My third one
just started supporting life,”
or, “The one a hundred million miles
away is so stressed—I’m afraid
she’s going to blow herself up.”
Mostly though, they use Morse code
To recite poems of universal wisdom--
like how eternity lasts only a moment
and a moment lasts for all eternity
and how there is only one moment.
Dennis Trujillo was born and raised in Pueblo, Colorado. He had a twenty year career in the US Army followed by a fifteen year career as a middle/high school math teacher. He now resides in Korea and is employed at Shinhan University in the city of Dongducheon. He runs and does yoga each morning for grounding and focus and for the sheer joy of it.