During this year’s so-called
Path of Totality
That much anticipated moon’s eclipse of the SUN
In which even scientists, astrologers
and amateur astronomers alike
Handed over thousands of dollars
for highly specialized
Telescopes spectrometers
and specially designed cameras
And booked up hotels motels
and pieces of people’s back pastures
To be in the best positions
to see the three minutes of eclipse
I happened to be on a train
Going SW of ‘the cosmic event of the century’
Many fellow travelers were craning necks
And squinting eyes heavenward
At one point I myself looked up toward the Sun
And it was clouded over just enough
That I saw its circled outline filtered
through that cloud cover
And over-shading it
a darker orb–the Moon
Leaving a crescent of the sun–
ECLIPSE!
And, by my God…
it seemed to me
That without even having
to put into use
My $2 special-coated optics
cardboard glasses…
Jehovah had winked at me 😉
Jahgirl
08/27/2017