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Stargazing in a Closed Universe

Starlight reflects from my eyes, races to infinity
—at imagination speed

as I wish on meteors
and count coasting satellites.

But
then
the
universe
halts,
contracts;
energy
reverses
back
towards
me,
every
silent
pinprick
light
now
focused
to my widened eyes
and I
am
pinned,
paralyzed,
suffocated
by
the
stars.

—
Julie Dillemuth is a picture book author, poet, and screenwriter, with a PhD in geography. She has previously published poetry in Scientific American and Highlights for Children magazines.

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