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Betelgeuse I know

February 22, 2012
By migwam ELITE, Tumwater, Washington
migwam ELITE, Tumwater, Washington
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Favorite Quote:
"Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present." --Marcus Aurelius


Betelgeuse I know
you are 1,500 times
larger than the sun
but when I stand
on my toes and crane
my neck,
I lift my thumb
and just like that

you’re gone



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Mckay ELITE said...
on Oct. 21 2013 at 6:36 pm
Mckay ELITE, Somewhere, Virginia
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.&quot;<br /> &mdash;Apple&rsquo;s &ldquo;Think Different&rdquo; commercial, 1997<br /> &ldquo;Crazy people are considered mad by the rest of the society only because their intelligence isn&#039;t understood.&rdquo; <br /> ― Weihui Zhou

True. True. True. Science and I aren't the best of lovers. Our Facebook status has been It's complicated for as long as I can remember. 

migwam ELITE said...
on Oct. 21 2013 at 4:42 pm
migwam ELITE, Tumwater, Washington
240 articles 20 photos 151 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.&quot; --Marcus Aurelius

Not so much physics. I mean, it's a star. Astronomy, if anything. We're not talking relativity or quantum particles or anything. Just a liiiittle bit of light a long, long ways away.

Mckay ELITE said...
on Sep. 11 2013 at 2:44 pm
Mckay ELITE, Somewhere, Virginia
146 articles 0 photos 2230 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.&quot;<br /> &mdash;Apple&rsquo;s &ldquo;Think Different&rdquo; commercial, 1997<br /> &ldquo;Crazy people are considered mad by the rest of the society only because their intelligence isn&#039;t understood.&rdquo; <br /> ― Weihui Zhou

This picture is perfect for this poem. To me, it seems like it's the perspective of a child. There's a little playful innonce imbued with some clever rebellion. Like yeah, I know you're grand, but I can still cover you, even with my small thumb. Short and simple with inquisitive emotions. And I love how it's an apostrophe to the star Betelguese. (Astrophysics, everyone, who doesn't know this.)