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Keep Watching the Skies, If You Can

Lots of haze in the skies
Coupled by the haze in my eyes
Cataracts, damn it. Cataracts.

Trying to see some meteors
August is when they hit our shores
(Metaphorically speaking.

I know they don't hit any shores
and anyway, there are no shores
in Reseda, California.

It's just a clever way of saying
that my corneas are playing
havoc with my sight.)

But in spite of all that trouble
I still see some bits of rubble
flying through the air.

Now they may or may not be
part of Perseid's annual spree,
but they'll do for now.

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Timothy Hicks

September 3, 2016 at 10:13 PM

This was charming to read, Christine. The interplay between stargazing and the dark humor ... it shows your character and personality through poetry. The part about seeing "bits of rubble flying through the air" made me chuckle.

Christine Lehman

September 6, 2016 at 11:31 PM

Thanks, Timothy! (We've actually been seeing some "space rubble", i.e. satellites, recently!)

Tom Arnone

September 1, 2016 at 11:39 AM

Well written and spacey. Take care of those cataracts, Christine. Note: It's difficult to view astronomical events in NYC. If it isn't the ambient light, it's the weather. Marine Park Nature Preserve sometimes hosts a special Perseid viewing party and lecture. :-)

Christine Lehman

September 1, 2016 at 8:52 PM

Thanks, Tom! Well, we live pretty close to the observatory at Griffith Park (in So Cal), so could go there if we really wanted to deal with the traffic. But sometimes it's just easier to stay home and deal with the haze. ;-)