OCCUPATIONS

Astronomer to the ten Turkish moons

counted out on your fingernails.

Surveyor to the shiny silicate scar

of the childhood cut on your brow.

Geologist to the fault-line crack

your wrist has long since healed from.

Treasurer to the coin of vaccination

darkly minted on your left arm.

Farmer to the stubbled acreage

of your chin; to the nocturnal root.