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For want of love
a life was lost.
A simple task
but at what cost?
We know so little
about the
complexities
of life.
Unprepared
for this attack on
our humanity, as
we trudge on
and accept the
waste of lives.
Thankless the
task for all
the caregivers,
professional
or family.

It's here,
with me now,
can't escape,
by running
or ignoring,
the return
of an old fear.
Watching my
wife, gradually
lose her ability
to function
as an adult.
So very
dependent upon
me. Like a
small child,
but one who
cannot recall,
even the most
recent event.
I'm losing
her bit by bit
and there is
nothing I
can do
to change
the outcome.
Sorry, but
at this moment,
life sucks.
Not for me
but for her
jubilation of
loving our
children.

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

To some, it looks like a wheel of a cart. In fact, because of its outward appearance, the presence of a central galaxy, and its connection with what looks like the spokes of a wheel, the galaxy on the right is known as the Cartwheel Galaxy. To others, however, it looks like a complicated interaction between galaxies awaiting explanation. Along with the two galaxies on the left, the Cartwheel is part of a group of galaxies about 500 million light years away in the constellation Sculptor. The large galaxy's rim spans over 100,000 light years and is composed of star forming regions filled with extremely bright and massive stars. The Cartwheel's ring-like shape is the result of gravitational disruption caused by a smaller galaxy passing through a large one, compressing the interstellar gas and dust and causing a star formation wave to move out like a ripple across the surface of a pond. The featured recent image of the Cartwheel Galaxy by the Webb Space Telescope reveals new details not only about where stars are forming, but also about activity near the galaxy's central black hole. Teachers & Students: Ideas for utilizing APOD in the classroom

I'm on a roll,
it's what I feel now,
if I could make money writing
this would be a "Cash Cow."

Find me the morrow,
Find me the deep,
I need a new version,
How can I sleep?

Running on empty,
Where I am now.
Sleep alludes me,
Regardless of how.

I try to sleep,
Tears flood my eyes,
As I openly weep,
About my true love.

Her memory's drained
I am missing her and
Am to blame
For her loss.

MY psyche,
warped like
a zine,
crying out
for paper,
a whine.
Clear out
all your
thoughts in
your head,
for a zine
does not
need paper
to be read.

Words rattling within
my head, slowly, quickly,
who is to say when
an adjective or adverb
gets in the way.
Suddenly he turned, 'twas
to end this story again
and over again for it was
stuck on the edge of reality,
mired in its own uselessness,
trying to use a word to rhyme.

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

Careful planning made this a nightscape to remember. First, the night itself was chosen to occur during the beginning of this year's Perseid Meteor Shower. Next, the time of night was chosen to be before the bright Moon would rise and dominate the night sky's brightness. The picturesque foreground was selected to be a rocky beach of the Mediterranean Sea in Le Dramont, France, with, at the time, île d’Or island situated near the ominously descending central band of our Milky Way Galaxy. Once everything was set and with the weather cooperating, all of the frames for this seemingly surreal nightscape were acquired within 15 minutes. What you can't see is that, on this night, the astrophotographer brought along his father who, although unskilled in modern sky-capture techniques, once made it a point to teach his child about the sky. Perseid Meteor Shower 2022 Gallery: Notable Submissions to APOD

Photo by Julien Looten

Trip the light fantastic.
Trip is what you'll take,
to be here tomorrow,
no matter what it takes.

Life's precious moments,
gone in a flash.
Old before
you know it,
regrets you might have.

Memories, once important
are lost within your mind.
Trip the light fantastic
and you'll always be mine.

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Today she
told me,
"Somethings wrong."
The first time
she's recognized
the illness.
Not by name,
but because
she couldn't
remember a
visitor from
an hour ago.
No concept
of time,
inaccuracy
of not knowing
who she visited
with, even
our oldest son.
The sadness
I feel and the
sadness I see
is going to be
our future.

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

Is our Earth warming? Compared to the past 250 million years, the Earth is currently enduring a relative cold spell, possibly about four degrees Celsius below average. Over the past 120 years, though, data indicate that the average global temperature of the Earth has increased by nearly one degree Celsius. The featured visualization video depicts Earth's recent global warming in graphic terms. The depicted temperatures are taken from the Goddard Institute for Space Studies' Surface Temperature Analysis. Already noticeable by many, Earth's recent warming trend is causing sea levels to rise, precipitation patterns to change, and pole ice to melt. Few now disagree that recent global warming is occurring, and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has concluded that we humans have created a warming surge that is likely to continue. A continuation could impact many local agricultures and even the global economy. Although there seems to be no simple solutions, geoengineering projects that might help include artificial cloud creation to reduce the amount of sunlight heating the Earth's surface.