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It was in early Spring,
the frost was still here.
It was sunny but cold.
Colder than normal this year.

Too early to plant,
for at night it would freeze.
Put on your warmest coat
and many sweaters, please.

Light was the breeze,
close to the ground,
but frost on the grass,
was what I found.

Ring the bell,
peal the sound,
and treasure your love,
uphill and down.

In bad times
or good times as well,
it is the time,
to stay thee from Hell.

Her memories are gone.
I will try to retain,
them, for her, writing words.
Perhaps they will remain.

Goodness will prevail,
Twas said to me.
I will only speak,
of that to thee,

for the evil which
lurks in a man,
is hard to fathom,
or to understand,

the nature of a person,
who is a man.
Emotionless at times,
stubborn, when taking a stand.

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

Near dawn on November 19 the Pleiades stood in still dark skies over the French Pyrenees. But just before sunrise a serendipitous moment was captured in this single 3 second exposure; a bright meteor streak appeared to pierce the heart of the galactic star cluster. From the camera's perspective, star cluster and meteor were poised directly above the mountain top observatory on the Pic du Midi de Bigorre. And though astronomers might consider the Pleiades to be relatively close by, the grain of dust vaporizing as it plowed through planet Earth's upper atmosphere actually missed the cluster's tight grouping of young stars by about 400 light-years. While recording a night sky timelapse series, the camera and telephoto lens were fixed to a tripod on the Tour-de-France-cycled slopes of the Col du Tourmalet about 5 kilometers from the Pic du Midi.

Photo by Jean-Francois Graffand

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From deep withing,
these Souls, ours,
are memories,
of girls and cars.

The engines roar,
a sweet caress,
makes your life,
very heaven blessed.

Some days, your best
laid plans, go awry.
Don't delay,
change your journey.

What in the World,
I've often heard.
Been thinking now,
how the World is absurd.

Too many killings,
the taking of lives.
How do we cope?
Can we survive?

Twas a time,
long ago.
There was a boy,
oh, oh.
Came a girl,
oh no.
They met,
go, go.
Dating often,
so, so.
Arguing at times,
yoyo.
Fell in love,
do si do.
Married,
oh, I Do.