all of her bugaboo

she used to follow the stars

and ask what sign
are you

whenever meeting someone
for the first time.

I thought so, she'd say.
you act like a leo,

or an aquarius,
or pices.

let me do your chart.
let's have a look see.

she lived her life by the book.

astrology
checking the paper
each

morning to see what she was
to do,

what was going to happen,
who was going
to win

or lose.

she wore big clunky jewelry
and peasant dresses.
smoked grass
and always had a candle going.

i'm not sure why

that mattered, but at the time
it seemed connected

to all of her bugaboo.