Winter Solstice With J. Kepler
.
we're deeply in—
in as deeply as we get
before we spin again
round an ellipse's rim
to a more congenial spot
for blood and breath
what the astronomical
survival odds (our
outer limits) are
who knows?
for time is short
by last report
listening now to ersatz jazz
I change Pandora's voice,
I move on, linking
new music to my thinking
by simply clicking
(because of what our
technos know
which is obviously permanent
and, like serious snow,
is sticking)
in this marvelous,
magnetic, angular hour
when sun and earth
seek a new relation,
and we anticipate
the max benefits
that will be here
in half a year
(as they will not be
for globe-mates in the
southern hemisphere)
I think there will be foxglove
and hydrangea when
Kepler''s laws begin to whirl us
back again
.
by Jim Culleny
12/21/14