Wednesday, 5 August 2020

Is It A Shooting Star?

A jetliner thousands of feet, high up in the sky - sailed through murky blueness. 

It's tail-light flickered red and white. 

Making me think of a lazy, obese, shooting star. 

I mentioned my thought to my niece on the cusp of sleep. 

With a yawn, she dissented, and whispered sleepily, 'It looks like a flying saucer.' 

I told her it was much too slow for that. 

She snored indifferently. 

I bathed in my hollow night-time victory.

And nervously tried to avoid falling asleep myself. 

But, soon one could hear a bumbling chorus, resonate through the upper reaches of the house.

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