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Words written now,
transform into glass,
no matter the lies,
the truth may not pass.

Inflation is high,
blame corporate greed,
as company profits rose,
costing all in need.

Back in history now,
time to manage the seed,
for raising prices hurts
consumers. Indeed.

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

With roots on a rotating planet, an old tree is centered in this sequence of 137 exposures each 20 seconds long, recorded one night from northern Sicily. Digital camera and fisheye lens were fixed to a tripod to capture the dramatic timelapse, so the stars trailed through the region's dark sky. Of course that makes it easy to spot the planet's north celestial pole. The extension of Earth's axis of rotation into space is toward the upper left, at the center of the concentric star trail arcs. The Milky Way is there too. The plane of our galaxy stretches across the wide field of view from north to east (left to right) creating a broader luminous band of diffuse starlight.

Photo by Marcella Giulia Pace

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

A study in contrasts, this colorful skyscape features stars, dust, and glowing gas in the vicinity of NGC 6914. The interstellar complex of nebulae lies some 6,000 light-years away, toward the high-flying northern constellation Cygnus and the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy. Obscuring interstellar dust clouds appear in silhouette while reddish hydrogen emission nebulae, along with the dusty blue reflection nebulae, fill the cosmic canvas. Ultraviolet radiation from the massive, hot, young stars of the extensive Cygnus OB2 association ionize the region's atomic hydrogen gas, producing the characteristic red glow as protons and electrons recombine. Embedded Cygnus OB2 stars also provide the blue starlight strongly reflected by the dust clouds. The over 1 degree wide telescopic field of view spans about 100 light-years at the estimated distance of NGC 6914.

Photo by Giorgio Ferrari

Lay all the words
down, on a line.
In order doesn't matter,
unless you want to rhyme.
Writing a narrative,
in poetic prose,
puts forth the words,
as if, growing a rose.
Using "poetic license"
is a good way to write,
as you can suppress rules,
from some wrong to right.

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Image credit: Everdrone

No longer the worry,
No longer the care,
No longer the hurry,
Now just despair.

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

Our sky is alive with the streams of stars. The motions of 26 million Milky Way stars are evident in the featured map constructed from recent data taken by ESA's Gaia satellite. Stars colored blue are moving toward us, while red indicates away. Lines depict the motion of the stars across the sky. The large blue on the left and red areas on the map's right give the overall impression that stars in the Milky Way are rotating around the center. However, there is a region near the middle -- caused by our own Sun's motion relative to a rigidly-rotating central Galactic bar -- that seems to reverse it. Understanding details about the motion of stars is helping humanity to better understand the complex history of our Milky Way galaxy and the origin of our Sun.

"After a citizen-led campaign to draw fairer voting maps, this year Michigan voters will finally choose their politicians — instead of the other way around......In the United States only 40 U.S. House seats out of 435 are considered competitive. Clearly, this is NOT democracy".....Read more

The Simon and Garfunkel lyrics,
"Slip, Sliding Away" is how
I describe my wife's journey
from Early Onset Dementia,
into the perils of Alzheimer's.
A person of intelligence, who
cannot/does not know the name
of any item. As a result,
she does not respond to any
issue or direction. A small child
who doesn't remember from
day to day or minute to minute.
Her inability to cope with daily
routines is difficult as she
does not remember where she
is, where rooms are or the
fixtures which are essential
for her daily needs.
She no longer acknowledges
she has this diagnosis. She did
understand in the beginning,'
January 2017 diagnosis, of Dementia.

Red, rode the waves.
It was ridden hard.
Keep your deeds close,
remove the hidden card.
Peel off the caves,
remember the word.
"Don't believe others"
not even those read,
stay loose with life,
no matter your choice.
Do the right thing,
then you can rejoice.
Fret not about others,
or the words which
they write or the lies
which you will hear
every day and all night.
Be your own master
in the field which you love
and avoid others who
attack from above.
My brain is addled,
I no longer know
what to do, except
think of others.
Others like you.

Write words of tomorrow,
about your future days.
Write not of sorrow,
write to the reader,
about what works for you.
Show them why you must
write and edit too.