That Dakota without a Dakota below it.
blueintheface
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One night,
when i was maybe 8
I saw the universe
for the first and only time.
It was South Dakota,
the outsides of somewhere
the southern edge of nowhere,
and not a manmade light
touched my adolescent eyes.
My father woke me out
of a comfortable dreams,
to see the sky, the stars
in its dormat beauty.
Uninterrupted.
It stood naked
farther than the Earth's July sky
dark and helpless.
Not knowing proper reactions
in the light of countless sources,
I put my hands in my pockets,
stood, staring
gazing
and watched.
But, there was no movement
no sound, no action.
I had never seen beauty
in such stillness,
nor this exhiliration
in stability.
The stars posed bright
dead for ages now,
and allowed me to focus in.
Making out each pore
of the blemised sky,
lost from the coverups
of city lights.
when i was maybe 8
I saw the universe
for the first and only time.
It was South Dakota,
the outsides of somewhere
the southern edge of nowhere,
and not a manmade light
touched my adolescent eyes.
My father woke me out
of a comfortable dreams,
to see the sky, the stars
in its dormat beauty.
Uninterrupted.
It stood naked
farther than the Earth's July sky
dark and helpless.
Not knowing proper reactions
in the light of countless sources,
I put my hands in my pockets,
stood, staring
gazing
and watched.
But, there was no movement
no sound, no action.
I had never seen beauty
in such stillness,
nor this exhiliration
in stability.
The stars posed bright
dead for ages now,
and allowed me to focus in.
Making out each pore
of the blemised sky,
lost from the coverups
of city lights.
"be a philosopher but, amid all your philosophy, be first a man" - david hume
Mitch Hedberg- RIP 1968-2005. your jokes have laughed me through a lot. I thank you.
Mitch Hedberg- RIP 1968-2005. your jokes have laughed me through a lot. I thank you.
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The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
as a youngerman, i spent a summer in a small town in se north dakota. cool at night and hot all day. it was the most beautiful summer i have ever experienced. thanks for the poem.
As she slams the door in his drunken face
And now he stands outside
And all the neighbours start to gossip and drool
He cries oh, girl you must be mad,
What happened to the sweet love you and me had?
Against the door he leans and starts a scene,
And his tears fall and burn the garden green
Here's a cool pic of the Northern Lights, just cause.
http://www.geo.mtu.edu/weather/aurora/images/aurora/jan.curtis/images/janc_011.jpg