In Her Room

My daughter has a moon in her room

Battery powered

Capable of showing all the phases

Mounted to her wall and

Now

After a year

We have paired it with a calendar of the moon’s phases

So that each night we can set the moon

To look just like it does outside

I have been threatening to do this for some time and

Every time I mentioned it

My daughter would say

Daddy

Why don’t we just look outside

Tonight

Lying in her bed

The moon in her room just starting to show again

The stars glowing on her ceiling and

All the recognized planets glowing and

Hanging over her bed

She asked me if we could go outside

To double check

She’s also wants me to show her

Why Pluto is no longer a planet

Maybe

It’s time to start camping