they looked up, and saw a star shining
in the east
beyond them
far—
it hung fat in the sky
and taunted them for days.
when they moved, it slid alongside,
when they stopped and turned, it halted too
and winked like an idiot.

no-
    eloquence
in its message: approach.

no-
    elegance
in their response: buzz off,
swatting it;

but a few sighed:
all right.
we’ll go that way,
just to get you
off our backs.

so they turned, faced off with the light,
and walked a lingering day and night,
but the further they traveled, the more the beckoning star
remained far,
                  far beyond them.


So I had this idea to write poems incorporating lines from Advent and Christmas carols. This one is from "The First Noel," verse 2. Maybe I'll write more.