<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=420081" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Lights Out</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I looked up at the bowl of night<br>And saw Orion’s form, <br>But several stars were missing<br>And the poor hunter looked forlorn.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Alnitak was missing<br>Betelgeuse was all but gone<br>Rigel’s star was fading<br>and would not survive til dawn.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Look there, in Canis major, <br>A nearby constellation group<br>Sirius seemed rather dim<br>The Dog Star began to droop..</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Was something tragic happening? <br>Or was I going blind? <br>Mother warned about that-<br>I disbelieved her at the time</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I had to find a way to tell<br>The world the epic news.<br>These days folks aren’t looking up<br>Most stare down at their shoes</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Like a fire’s dying embers<br>stars faded from my sight<br>The Dim stars were completely gone<br>the others half as bright.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The vast and empty dark of night<br>Enveloped me in dread.<br>Would the sun come up tomorrow? <br>Would we shortly all be dead? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I went to clean my glasses<br>Before sounding the alarm<br>It was then that I first noticed<br>the lenses both were gone.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">They had come loose in my pocket<br>and would need expert repair.<br>I nearly caused a spectacle-<br>Thank the Lord I have a spare.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+F.+McCullagh">John F. McCullagh</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=420081" data-title="Lights Out de John F. McCullagh" data-description="I looked up at the bowl of night And saw Orion’s form, But several stars were missing And the poor hunter looked forlorn. Alnitak was missing Betelgeuse was all but gone Rigel’s star was fading and would not survive til dawn. Look there, in..."></div> </div> </div>

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