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  • What Does It Mean When A Galaxy Is Found?(Poem)

    what does it mean when a galaxy is found

    only by accident in the background view

    and it is an odd one that should not exist

    isolated dwarf shining with giant red branch stars

    now one of the farthest observed

    this no practical help for any small hard tasks

    the ordinary commonplace things often taken for granted

    yet there is solace in such discoveries and wonder

    nightly I throw myself to the skies

  • We Do Not Know We Mourn (Poem)

    Our shoes have scuffed toes and worn heels

    From walking on discarded dreams

    That litter busy streets, forgotten alleys, and crumbling backways.

    Our fingers grow dusty as we trail them absentmindedly

    Through everyday grimy hopes

    That line staircases, windowsills, and kitchen tables in rented rooms.

    We do not even notice the ashes in the air,

    For we have grown so used to smoke and the odor of burning down.

    This is how we live.

    And yet. I can see the tears in your eyes.

  • Inhabitant of Thresholds (Poem)

    I live among those gone the same as those present.

    I walk forgotten roads like the streets outside my door.

    I sing ancient songs with the mournful ease of a modern dirge.

    Thus I am and have long pondered my liminal state.

    What will death mean to one who has always dwelt in transition?