Winter solstice 2020 in Northern Hemisphere

rew4er2nail

5:02 AM Eastern Time Monday,

December 21

Location: 2 Highland Manor Drive

Schwenksville, Pennsylvania

40.2562° N, 75.4638° W

Daylight 7:21 am – 4:39 pm

9 hours, 18 minutes

 

Mine circadian rhythm pulsates bright

imperceptible increments of daylight

increase fantasy fanciful heavenly flight

as I imagine myself

Icarus fearlessly gaining height

blindly heading into sunbeam light

strongly advised courtesy experts to travel

 

toward nearest star at night,

nevertheless unbeknownst plight

awaits me should foolhardiness

skew sense and sensibility right

off kilter yours truly blithely soars

reins of waxed wings held tight.

 

Plus I, a garden variety generic guy

aging long haired pencil neck geek

who presently wonders why,

rare astronomical phenomena

hashtagged great conjunction doth defy

illusory phenomena whereby,

 

two largest planets of solar system

Jupiter and Saturn separated in the sky

by and bye

6 arcminutes at their closest point,

which was the closest separation

between the two planets since 1623.

 

Inhabitants upon solar systems far and wide

will find Earthlings and aliens alike

their curiosity well supplied

out of world event

sponsored courtesy monopolists,

 

who govern Geico and Nationwide

renown companies insuring property on hillside

made of ticky tack

indirectly, fueled, impacted, and launched

segregation and next of kin apartheid.

 

Unfair injustice heaped mainly

upon persons of color

playing race card basic rights to win

i.e. those beautiful people

gifted with darker skin

think swarthy complexion.

 

Hence motive to join reparations committee

(no time to wait)

linkedin with Cherry Hill, New Jersey

Unitarian Fellowship albeit remotely

suddenly aware white privilege,

I (sheepishly admit) ashamedly state

 

an unspoken mandate

to be positive force and help negate

(at least when I feel better -

yours truly plagued with panic attack)

and help eradicate

white supremacists trumpeting hate.

 

 

  • Author: rew4er2nail (Offline Offline)
  • Published: December 21st, 2020 18:07
  • Category: Nature
  • Views: 32
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  • orchidee

    Doh! One year I missed it. It fell a day earlier on Dec 20th! lol.
    I never knew so much happened in a Solstice. Well, I know now!

  • L. B. Mek

    an enthralling read of what is a didactic write,
    worth reading a few times to grasp at the complexities woven within its references, sadly I'm too ignorant of the necessary fundamentals to understand it all:
    'who govern Geico and Nationwide
    renown companies insuring property on hillside
    made of ticky tack
    indirectly, fuelled, impacted, and launched
    segregation and next of kin apartheid.'
    but these words of Capitalism's universal disregard - to all things: deemed as 'unworthy', I can relate to easily,
    erm is it ok if I wish you 'Happy Holidays'?
    stay safe



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