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Thursday, July 24, 2025

My Lucky Seven Night

Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus, Neptune, Mercury and Saturn will align and be visible from Earth late tonight. The scientists say planets always appear in a line in the night sky, because they orbit the sun in a relatively flat, disc-shaped plane. However, seeing them simultaneously with the naked eye is an extremely rare occurrence.

in slanted moonlight
I utter those three words
to my housemate ...
where her lips are silent again
my heart has a thousand tongues

putting a finger
to her crimson lips ...
the eyes of my heart
now see the actions of love
first with the silence of words