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Wednesday 3 June 2009

Anyone There?


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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Eagle_nebula_pillars.jpg





In the end, the constellations emerge

Rich and bewildering in paratactic
Defiance of the night's strange high blankness --
But don't changes always illuminate that way,
A logic of radiance, no signs or sighs,
Only stony silences crossing lines with
The phone in eternity that rings and rings?







Eagle nebula pillars: Jeff Hester, Paul Scowen, 2006 (NASA/ESA)

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