even if you couldn't see it--
consider the drama...
on the longest darkest night
the moon is full
then its light too gives out
creating a dull red opaque face
looking back at you and all the ancestors
since this last happened in 1638
imagine Jan Ver Meer, age seven, in Delft.
painting his first picture.
eye on the detail,
pupil in the moon
camera obscura in the sky
those who came before
were not so much frightened
of the spectacle
as they were respectful--
that is what we've lost
in how far we've gone
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reading your post, and re-reading with only visual translation, a virtual collage takes form... an antique blue and white delft biscuit tin and the moon wearing red, reflected in Jan's eye.....
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