Brownian Motion

the number of years
in an orbital period of Jupiter

three times four:
the sixth composite
the second semiperfect
the largest number with a single-syllable name when written in the English Language

a lunar year’s cycle
a rhythm of stars
tracing pictures in the night sky
a procession of animals across the heavens ―
fire, anew,
burning white-hot
like sparks of magnesium aflame

the number of books in the Aeneid
the number of pitches in a chromatic
the number of years
we’ve been
together