Tagged: solar system
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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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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we check our watches
we check our watches
quickly and slowly, as if
we were astronauts
beyond escape velocity,
pulling a fast one on time
.
20160315:0737
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outside our solar
saturn’s rings appear to be
twice a day, at the
twice a day, at the
golden hour, mister snail
straps on the weight of
a lone star, makes the crossing
look like the vast universe
.
20130717:0444
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by night, we orbit
by night, we orbit
away from each other, with
purpose, to launch more
cleanly, boomerang back with
joy, into tomorrow’s arms
.
20130715:0902
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where there is trauma,
where there is trauma,
the fundamental building
blocks of galaxies are
knotted, so that
when we look
up, we are reminded
to reflect, to glimmer
.
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