In the shadow of the eclipse, August 21, 2017, what dark things may slip out?
What heinous crimes may be committed by those who hurt and want to share the pain?
As the dark side of our moon shows itself to the sun, and slips between it and our mud ball spinning, momentarily bringing night at mid-morning, will ghosts and ghouls be lifted from the primordial ooze to wreak havoc on humanity?
Oh, no, wait... that's already happened. We're on our own, folks. Shadowy figures are at the helm way before the eclipse, steering us into dark murky waters with treacherous shoals.
We've got a lot at stake in our country. A second (un)civil war is brewing beneath the surface where reason has been eclipsed by unreasoned dogma done up in huge brush strokes across mammoth swathes of the United (becoming Untied) States.
A friend says she'll grant all the white supremacists one state: Texas. They can have Texas, she says. They'll be happy. Segregation may work for 'em. I don't think I'll miss them.
May you relish the thought, if not the actuality, of a total eclipse of the sun... just so you can say, "I saw it!" And may you enjoy the experience and make your own story about it and all it represents, or could represent if you were inclined to give meaning to the event.
As for me, I'll be under cloud cover and have to rely on the vicarious thrill of a live youtube or news station coverage on my phone. Clearly, the shadowy aspects have captured my imagination.
Let's reconvene and swap stories.
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