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8 Minutes

8 minutes to find your face A photon leaves the sun and travels 8 minutes to reach your eyes 10,000 years to prepare Fusion promises limitless energy 10,000 years to escape the gauntlet of particles 4 and a half billion years from conception An adolescent star shapes its domain 4 and a half billion yearsContinue reading “8 Minutes”

The Table contd.

(Part 2 of many) With a few minutes to the hour, Hector remarks that Mars may actually pull off being late this time, and I hear a rattle as the latch on the fence is handled and Mars walks in, carrying a metal folding chair and a look of resigned disappointment. The first thing thatContinue reading “The Table contd.”

The Table

(Part 1 of many; an excerpt from a story I am working on) It is a large table. A table for holding court, thick column legs sunken into the earth. The surface smoothed and pitted where many hands rested, pressed, tapped, and slammed. I am used to being invited to backyard barbecues and birthday parties.Continue reading “The Table”

Fragile Courage

I am standing For the moment Weapon clutched Mimicking resolve As a desperate gambit Only sure that I Must stand This body of stale bread Is made into An imposing obstacle Crumble or hold The decision Not entirely mine For the moment I am standing

Serenity, Tranquility and Crisis

Why do they seem so far away; that larger pair: Serenity and Tranquility? from where I stand they can only be known on the face of that cold satellite But their smaller brother Crisis; how has he managed to cross the void? from where I stand I would wish him back having spent far tooContinue reading “Serenity, Tranquility and Crisis”