Tagged: orbit
dawn arrives with a
dawn arrives with a
turn of the earth, a magic
trick, not fully solved
.
20211223:1838
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a third-floor window
a third-floor window
off of prince street in soho
on any given
night will reflect nameless balls of
gases, orbiting for some shine
.
20211206:2120
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sunrise over green
sunrise over green
lake, water stays in its basin
as the planet spins
.
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we come together
we come together
with and without reason, like the
planet, revolving
.
20190927:0822
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: reason
this morning, we learned
this morning, we learned
you were shrinking,
all fourteen-
point-six million square
miles of you, quaking and
leaving deep
scarps as if carving
out a message – for the
850 pounds of moon
rocks we stole
away and called our
greatest legacy –
to return home
.
20190514:2033
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: legacy
departing and
departing and
arriving, departing
and arriving,
pushed and
pulled by
the horizon
.
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when i heard today
when i heard today
that NASA had discovered
a new solar system with seven
earth-like planets, i sighed
thank god as if i were
closer to getting off
this one. other lures:
the system’s star
is an ultracool
dwarf named TRAPPIST-1,
no abrahamic relations, and
cosmically speaking,
40 light years away
is only right next door
.
20170222:2127
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looking towards
looking towards
and away, new
memories
orbit
old memories
.
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for every sunset,
for every sunset,
two horizons are meeting
and never touching
.
20161009:2331
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reality is
reality is
interaction –
if not for
you, would i
have made
this quantum
leap, from orbit
to orbit, something
so fundamental,
and still,
a mystery
.
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