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You gotta see this:  https://youtu.be/ELJhKli-dmk

fleeting moon

The quicksilver moon’s not secure in her orbit.
I’ve heard that she’s slyly slipping away,
One and a half inches yearly
so a little bit every day.

I, for one, want her to stay.
‘Oh meritorious silver sister, you have no dark side,
and I’ve grown used to your capricious light,
Why do you only hover at night?”

I think of her as my own
though she wears no ring
like that showy trollop Saturn
Our moon has a higher engagement pattern.

She’s a spectacle for moon-inspired dances
and a cupid for nocturnal animalistic romances.
Have you noticed that sometimes she’s dark
and sometimes she’s bright?

What turns her on?
What turns her off?
That’s always the question with ladies,
isn’t it?
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Songs for this:
Dancing In The Moonlight (feat. NEIMY) by Jubël
Fly Me to the Moon (feat. Izzie Naylor) Shoby
Moonlight Becomes You by Jeff Haislip
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Fallica Avatar
July 19, 2025 at 4:26 AM
<3 . Oh yes, I remember now. A name used to taunt me as a child was ‘Moon Man’. It was given to me by Sister Michael in the second grade (long story). The name followed me for some time. I think maybe it led to my appreciation of that orb. More so than for the others. I wonder if she ever got lonely. The Earth was maternal, the Sun paternal. Wouldn’t she have liked to have siblings like the other planets’ moons? . . . PMJ gone political? <3 the video!!
Fallica Avatar
July 19, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Short version: In Catholic school, religion was the first subject taught. I didn't know the word indoctrination but that was what it was. I asked questions she couldn't answer. Questions she couldn't/didn't even think of. Questions she said only a crazy person like someone who was from the Moon would ask. . . . I did not thrive in Catholic school.
Vionet Avatar
July 19, 2025 at 6:02 AM
That's funny, why 'Moon Man?'
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