I Once Again Write About The Sky<\/p>\n
I haven’t seen the stars in almost four months.<\/p>\n
At least not ones that are actually in the sky above me in that moment.<\/p>\n
Instead of I see miles of orange stretching across the horizon.<\/p>\n
Not that delicious blood orange waves of<\/p>\n
the sun tucking in for the night.<\/p>\n
No, it’s that manufactured knock off of flames<\/p>\n
covering the horizon until the sun returns again.<\/p>\n
I’ve never gone this long without<\/p>\n
the North Star pointing me home.<\/p>\n
Too many people I don’t know can<\/p>\n
see me surrounded by these streetlights and<\/p>\n
I hear too many tires traveling across pavement.<\/p>\n
It feels cruel that I can accidentally make eye contact with my neighbor<\/p>\n
from each of our own living rooms yet<\/p>\n
the universe gets hidden by an inventor long gone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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