Grocery Store Astronaut

I scan the oranges at two The freezer hums in faded blue My textbook waits beside the till Between the rushes everything is still A girl asks where the planets go I draw their circles on her bag Grocery store astronaut Counting every chance I've got Feet down here, eyes up there There's a sky beyond fluorescent air She comes back with a painted sun Her mother says I made her month I pin it where the clock once hung And study till the bread truck comes Grocery store astronaut Counting every chance I've got Feet down here, eyes up there There's a sky beyond fluorescent air My first school tour is Saturday I practice what I want to say Inside the planetarium dome That girl waves from the second row Grocery store astronaut Counting every chance I've got Feet down here, eyes up there There's a sky beyond fluorescent air I point toward a distant star And let her questions fill the dark