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Was that the moon
or just a mood
that crawled across the sun?
For awhile
it seemed the day
had lost its way
leaving just
the steaming edges
of its magnitude.
But all things pass
and so this too
that shadow-stealing
interlude,
we’re warm again
the sky is blue,
the sun
was just in need
of a little Sol i tude.
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© 2012, 2017 Betty Hayes Albright
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(Hopefully many of you will get to witness the solar eclipse tomorrow as it crosses the U.S. It’ll be at 98% totality from here in SW Washington. Can’t wait!)
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(revision of 2012 poem “Eclipse”)
