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Days and weeks,
rapidly go bye,
convincing me,
time does fly.

Talk about,
the speed of light,
as minutes and hours,
take flight.

Would that I,
as dense as I are,
could control time.
We could go far.

I ponder as
my mind will wander.
Dwelling on the past,
and the emptiness,
I feel. Not depressed,
just confused.

My mind seems to be,
lost in a fog, which
I cannot see nor can
the friends I have, let
me see.

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

It was Halloween and the sky looked like a creature. Exactly which creature, the astrophotographer was unsure (but possibly you can suggest one). Exactly what caused this eerie apparition in 2013 was sure: one of the best auroral displays that year. This spectacular aurora had an unusually high degree of detail. Pictured here, the vivid green and purple auroral colors are caused by high atmospheric oxygen and nitrogen reacting to a burst of incoming electrons. Birch trees in Tromsø, Norway formed an also eerie foreground. Frequently, new photogenic auroras accompany new geomagnetic storms. Almost Hyperspace: Random APOD Generator

Photo by Ole C. Salomonsen (Arctic Light Photo)

Maya Angelou (1928-2014) American writer, poet, singer, and civil rights activist.

On the patio,
enjoying a light breeze.
Heat isn't present,
the air, great to breathe.

Long are the nights,
short now, the days,
as Fall slides into Winter,
tree leaves turn to orange-blaze.

Coldness, puts plants to rest.
Time to pull old foilage
and to plant perennials,
for Winter's new page.

Why do you worry?
It helps you not.
OK to have concern,
that is my thought.

When you worry,
you pick up a bag of rocks,
it is quite painful, from the
hat on your head to your sox.

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

Last Wednesday the voyaging Lucy spacecraft encountered its first asteroid, 152830 Dinkinesh, and discovered the inner-main belt asteroid has a moon. From a distance of just over 400 kilometers, Lucy's Long-Range Reconnaissance Imager captured this close-up of the binary system during a flyby at 4.5 kilometer per second or around 10,000 miles per hour. A marvelous world, Dinkinesh itself is small, less than 800 meters (about 0.5 miles) across at its widest. Its satellite is seen from the spacecraft's perspective to emerge from behind the primary asteroid. The asteroid moon is estimated to be only about 220 meters wide.

When light fades gently
in a sunset bright,
it won't be long until,
we have slipped into night.

Dark nights bring forth
the beautiful starlight.
What joy when the Moon
appears bringing Moonlight.

Don't host your views, on me,
for your beliefs, are yours.
I don't subscribe to your conspiracy theories.
Not required to spend your time, dispensing
your stories, especially in politics.
You say you don't like Trump. Ok, that's your
choice. You say you are an Independent Voter.
Not what I see or the views you share.
Run Rabbit, Run.