the asteroid Bennu---
carbon and water,
life as we know it
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Late August, late afternoon, the slant of sun and shadow. The black-green leaves, the yellow- green light through them...
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mid-August afternoon, the sound of acorns falling

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It was called the Great Comet of 1996. I remember we watched it from the backyard. Even with the city lights, we could see its magnificent tail.

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Nests and wind, my father used to say.
Nests and wind, I say, sweeping up after the storms.
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Midsummer stillness
under green leaves--
a breeze
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An afternoon in April, the crescent moon like a wisp of cloud in the cloudless blue sky---
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I really need a ladder, I said to my friend the other day. And today, I saw an old ladder in the alley. Take it, my neighbor said.
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I'll never get another cat, she said. Then, she met the ginger kitten in the alley.
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