Constellations

The satellites
filling up space
make the starlights
harder to trace
by adding glow
to a night show
now wreaked with streaks

© Stephen W. Buchanan 2023

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I was taking the trash out the other night and saw a weird string of lights moving across the sky. It turned out to be a cluster of recently launched SpaceX Starlink satellites that were moving from the ship towards their orbit, and I just happened to be in the right place to see them. (Do an internet search for “spacex satellites in the sky”to see what I saw.)

The Paperboy

It’s four a.m.
The sky's still dark
A mild mayhem
makes a dog bark
A few still choose
yesterday’s news
thrown toward their door

© Stephen W. Buchanan 2023

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An Obsession

She told me love
is a stranger
to be thought of
as a danger
and in her view
that I want you
is just pure lust

Inspired by the Eurythmics “Love is a Stranger”

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