Cometary Knots
COMETARY KNOTS AROUND A
DYING STAR
They resemble tad poles,
Or even sperm in the uterus
Seeking for the egg,
Or a wind socket,
Or a feeling you get
When someone jets their face
Into yours and starts
Yelling so hard you know
You will spend the next month
Kicking doors and cursing;
Or those flaming sparks that drop
After fire works fade,
Or minnows fighting their way
Up a swift and tough stream;
DYING STAR
They resemble tad poles,
Or even sperm in the uterus
Seeking for the egg,
Or a wind socket,
Or a feeling you get
When someone jets their face
Into yours and starts
Yelling so hard you know
You will spend the next month
Kicking doors and cursing;
Or those flaming sparks that drop
After fire works fade,
Or minnows fighting their way
Up a swift and tough stream;
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Once on a windswept bridge
I saw a woman whose hair
Blew backwards like these things;
As she reached up to grab it
Tears flowed down her cheeks
As if she had just had a quarrel
And resolved never more
To endure love's turmoil.
In her knotted heart, she knew
An excess of cometary knotting,
And in so far as I knew
From my own private hurting
There was not much anyone could do
Except hold onto her being.
I saw a woman whose hair
Blew backwards like these things;
As she reached up to grab it
Tears flowed down her cheeks
As if she had just had a quarrel
And resolved never more
To endure love's turmoil.
In her knotted heart, she knew
An excess of cometary knotting,
And in so far as I knew
From my own private hurting
There was not much anyone could do
Except hold onto her being.
Yet, who can tell for certain
Why our deep tears are pouring?
When it comes to things like this
We do not even understand
Why an end can seem unending.
All the great eye of the Hubble
Tells us is that two gases are colliding,
And each knot fills a space
Twice the size of our Solar System.
The place where they burn
In our fifteen billion year old sky
Is not even a speck
To eyes filled with earthly yearning.
-Dan Sakach
Why our deep tears are pouring?
When it comes to things like this
We do not even understand
Why an end can seem unending.
All the great eye of the Hubble
Tells us is that two gases are colliding,
And each knot fills a space
Twice the size of our Solar System.
The place where they burn
In our fifteen billion year old sky
Is not even a speck
To eyes filled with earthly yearning.
-Dan Sakach
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Photo Credit: R. O'Dell and K. Handron(Rice University), NASA
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The photo above can be found at APOD, NASA Website, July 20, 1997, and also other dates. It is
called the Helix Nebula, and "The Eye of God." See below.
called the Helix Nebula, and "The Eye of God." See below.
Helix Nebula or as sometimes called
"The Eye of God"
When observed from a greater distance.
For more information go to APOD
May 10,2003 NGC 7293
"The Eye of God"
When observed from a greater distance.
For more information go to APOD
May 10,2003 NGC 7293