Orion's Belt

I was walking and I was looking right in front of me and I was looking down and I was looking from side to side and it didn’t even occur to me that maybe I could look up. It was so cold I should have realized it would be clear out, but I didn’t, but then I looked up and the sky was full of stars. And it didn’t occur to me that the stars here would be like the stars at home, I thought the distance would change what I saw upstairs. I was looking down and I didn’t think that when I looked up I was going to see the same constellations I see at home. I tried to find the big dipper but my glasses kept sliding down my nose but there it was in the sky, I think it was off to my left, Orion’s belt. Even halfway around the world, his pants still won’t stay up. Those same three stars, the same classic, practical fashion accessory that I saw way up in the sky on every camping trip, every late night, clear-skied walk around the neighborhood.