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Photo shared by Heather Cox Richardson from Letters from an American

Tall ones,
short ones,
older ones too.
There was no attraction
until I met you.

Does the light I see in your eyes
radiate love or must I surmise?
Nothing in this World, is a surprise,
not even when I hear your sighs.
Long may you live, a life once again,
as I lay in anguish, my life in pain.

As a young lad,
I loved to play hard.
Here's some advice,
don't play in the back yard,
when you are running
and your running is fine.
Do not forget the neighbors,
have a low hanging clothes line.

Please join me
in my insane mind.
I'll write the words,
you read the lines.

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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

Most galaxies have a single nucleus -- does this galaxy have four? The strange answer leads astronomers to conclude that the nucleus of the surrounding galaxy is not even visible in this image. The central cloverleaf is rather light emitted from a background quasar. The gravitational field of the visible foreground galaxy breaks light from this distant quasar into four distinct images. The quasar must be properly aligned behind the center of a massive galaxy for a mirage like this to be evident. The general effect is known as gravitational lensing, and this specific case is known as the Einstein Cross. Stranger still, the images of the Einstein Cross vary in relative brightness, enhanced occasionally by the additional gravitational microlensing effect of specific stars in the foreground galaxy.

What was it like
when we could be
in this life together,
living for ever
and always to see,
a gradual aging,
my journey with thee.
Now here we are,
locked in a battle,
fighting a deadly disease.
Why is this happening to you
and not to me?

Saturday night,
a new dance at the Grange.
Always the same music,
always a Square Dance.
Put on fresh clothes,
go look for romance.
Many young women,
older ladies too.
What was a young man,
supposed to now do,
but dance, dance and
dance some more,
until you had danced
a hole in the floor.

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

Only natural colors of the Moon in planet Earth's sky appear in this creative visual presentation. Arranged as pixels in a framed image, the lunar disks were photographed at different times. Their varying hues are ultimately due to reflected sunlight affected by changing atmospheric conditions and the alignment geometry of Moon, Earth, and Sun. Here, the darkest lunar disks are the colors of earthshine. A description of earthshine, in terms of sunlight reflected by Earth's oceans illuminating the Moon's dark surface, was written over 500 years ago by Leonardo da Vinci. But stand farther back from your monitor or just shift your gaze to the smaller versions of the image. You might also see one of da Vinci's most famous works of art. Tonight: International Observe the Moon Night

Photo by Gianni Sarcone

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A silver mist, dropped to the street,
covering tree branches, smothering the heat.
Fog creeping in, "on little cat feet".
When the Sun rises, it will retreat.