The longest solar eclipse of the century
Transformed sun into crescent, then thin ring
The black disc of the moon blotted the light
A dilated pupil, a black hole
For six minutes and thirty-nine seconds
Some people watched with the help of a lens
The rest of us saw only through replicated images
Photographs of the eclipse and eclipse-watchers
With flat, black filters like 3D glasses
Shielding their eyes, mouths agape and full of shadow
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"mouths agape and full of shadow" -- love! I am a sucker for space poem in general... keep 'em coming. :)
ReplyDeletemmmm, this one was yum.
ReplyDelete"The black disc of the moon blotted the light" was just gorgeous, crazily love the word 'blotted'...
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