Not So Different

For centuries lovers have looked to the stars
Whispering intimacy and singing of diamonds
But these two were different from all those before
They forgot our whole world in favor of thousands
Circling each of a billion points of light
And they gleefully wove impossible worlds
Out of nothing but each other and the sky
Cities that float above sulfurous clouds
Or a sunken metropolis under miles of ice
Inhabited by giants unhindered by time
Laughing the lovers shared tale after tale
Sometimes of worlds not so different from ours
But where a man can lose his pet, the size of a house
And the three legged dog chased the beer truck out of town