Eclipse 2
I see eclipses everywhere
Darkness swallowing light
Fading slowly from the brightness
The eeriest interim
lingering, mouth agape
waiting for the shine to return
But, sometimes
the flame burns out
flickering embers snuffed
golden transitions cyanotic
mercury plummets
hypoxia
sometimes
the world stops turning
and everything is black
alone in the path of totality
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Wendy Cartwright is a poet/author/reporter/columnist/weirdo out of Columbus, IN. She has had poetry published in Night Owl Narrative Issues 1 & 3 by Cajun Mutt Press and Ovation, an Anthology collected by Jimmy Broccoli. She has been a Featured Writer on cajunmuttpress.wordpress.com and dearbooze.com . She will have a volume of poetry published by Storeylines Press available in late 2024. Wendy also writes human interest and news articles for the North Vernon Plain Dealer and has a bi-weekly column called Midwest Wonders in The Seymour Tribune. She has self-published two compilations of articles from the column. Wendy has also had articles published on businessinsider.com
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