CELESTIAL MECHANICS

When man loves stranger

as more than neighbor in his bed, when twisted heaven falls

and circles of the universe wait

over this changling of an earth,

the sun revolves within my room and my eyes hold

a galaxy in place.

Your light reflects

the course from which it came

as our systems prove

affection is stronger

than our loving is strange.

Alden Kirby

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MIRRORED TRUTH

Bonded by the mirrored truth I see

Your furtive eyes seek shadows in the light In vain; for we are molded of a clay

Amenable to light.

When through ebon space you choose to stare, My love, a constant albatross, fears death,

Until soft voice companions softer touch, Alleviating fear.

J. Lorna Strayer

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