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Now for my final act
In this political life dear,
I'll go to the ballot box
And I will disappear

It may not be the virus,
I cannot see,
but it may be
the visible enemy.
I believe that is you,
POTUS or Don John,
Public Enemy, number one.

Federal troops,
Brown shirts to me,
violating the citizens
Constitutionality.

With your shoulders
make them shrug,
for now you behave
like a big time thug.

A crooked smile,
an offset grin.
Who knows what
she saw in him.
His eyes so blue,
a light from within,
covers the scars,
of a skin so thin.
His hair was long,
thick not thin;
a voice so rough,
where do I begin
to explain the joy
of a new found friend.

Ahh, Summer in Redmond town,
now that the Sun has settled.
We are on the deck. It's nine pm
and quite pleasant.
Almost ninety today, the temp.
not my age, but is now seventy-five.
Sitting with my lovely wife, Ms. Ellie,
listening to her favorite, Neil Diamond,
"Coming to America" album .
It is said that "music soothes the Beast
within". Perhaps so. In any event it is
gratifying to see the enjoyment on her
face as she listens to her favorite.
Oh the sweet pleasures of this life we
live. We must take and enjoy, as time allows.
You cannot capture our yesterdays,
unless in a song.

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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

As Comet NEOWISE sweeps through northern summer skies, Jupiter and Saturn are shining brightly, near opposition. With Jupiter opposite the Sun on July 14 and Saturn on July 21, the giant planets are still near their closest to planet Earth in 2020. Sharing the constellation Sagittarius they are up all night, and offer their best and brightest views at the telescope. Both captured on July 22 from a balcony in Paris these two sharp telescopic images don't disappoint, showing off what the giant planets are famous for, Saturn's bright rings and Jupiter's Great Red Spot. These giants of the Solar System are worth following during 2020. On December 21, skygazers can watch the once-in-20-year great conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn. Comet NEOWISE images from planet Earth: July 28, 27, 26, 25, 24

Photo by Jean-Luc Dauvergne

www.ianmcraephotography.com

Up ahead, a ridge to climb,
upward on a roughed out trail,
through a forest plants, boulders too.
I pass through some gray cast shale
and upward go to altitude.
A broad expanse, far below.
I look and see the glow
of the sunrise, takes it's time
to brighten up this land divine.

You left me for another,
it was plain to see.
Did it have to be my brother,
for it really did, hurt me.

A cry, forlorn, into the night,
Created when observing a bad sight.
Where goes this Nation's moral soul,
When all we hear is more hyperbole.