An ordinary day

Online totality.

Kentucky USA.

Searching for planets.

Searching for meaning.

A glowing diamond ring

pulsates on screen

our sun         our moon

so they claim.

Watching third-hand via

technology and distance

like peering through a scrim

scrambling for significance.

Blame it on the fog.

Blame my location.

Blame the lack of wherewithal

that kept me from Kentucky.

When the moon and sun return to normal

so do I: endlessly regretting

every choice that landed me here

for the only totality in 99 years.