The Quiet Sky
Stillness entered the garden
At twilight and stayed as
Another welcomed guest.
Cats circulated high tailed.
Mars hung in the quiet sky.
Blood and Mars;
Iron and Oxygen.
Brightest object in the sky
The Red Planet pulled our gaze.
60,000 years had passed.
Who among Stone Age Man had
Looked upon the planet close before?
Mars hung in the quiet sky.
Had he dreamt of a future? Of
Manicured lawns and barbeques,
Double-
Paved floors? High flying planes
Scoring the sky with sound?
When had man learned to dream?
Stillness entered the garden
At twilight, and stayed as
Another welcomed guest.
Mars hung in the quiet sky.
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