APED: "sky coat"

There was a man who wore the sky
and let the stars in shining train
trail behind as he passed by,
blow in the wind, and catch the rain --
when hung, at day's end, up to dry,
it shrank, so that the moon did wane.
The sky's a little smaller now,
and stretched a bit, if you compare;
the moon is oval now, not round,
and Orion's taller, when he's there.