The Perseid
Meteor Shower
The Perseid
meteor shower is happening now,
Giant, huge
beings, bright and neuter,
Coursing in the
sky, ignoring my day and night,
Rushing on the
track of their celestial destiny.
Last
night—middle of the night—the sky was covered,
A milky lid over
the summer sky’s brilliance, but
The meteor
shower
WAS.
O the wonder of
it all!
The meteor
shower IS
even now,
Even in this
bright, warm August morning.
Its grandeur is
on a scale beyond my ken.
Arcing in an arc
known only to the Great Sustainer,
Moving at a
speed calculated to overwhelm with awe.
--August 13,
2013
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