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#706

Why else would we emit light?

Why else would we fall from the heavens?

Throughout the lives of humans we have practiced the art of grabbing attention.

We bend over backwards to get you to look up.

And believe me its hard enough as it is with the moon for competition.

She’s so large and flashy.

That’s why we starts help each other.

You would never notice one of use suspended above you.

But with all of use combined theirs no way you can ignore us.

#678

She ran after him.

Actually, she followed him.

She was blinded by his all around togetherness.

She followed him all the way from Billings, Montana to Provo, Utah.

She felt completely naked.

Stripped of everything that felt right.

But she had him, her nativity figurines, and Tropicana orange juice.

All of which were comforts.

All of which made her feel normal.

#670

The universe tastes like silver, tiny flecks of silver.

I first tasted the universe last night when my brother and I drove out to the forest.

We brought a thick woolen blanket and we laid out under the sky.

It tasted like the world right before it rains.

All silent and still, but the kind of silence that comes before something big.

The universe tastes like something sacred.

I can put labels on it, can reference it to something earthly, but its never quite right.

The universe tastes like something that I’ve never tried and at the same time like everything I’ve ever tried.