Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Losing Daylight


The sun has already exhausted itself, having long since taking its shortest nap of the year. Unlike with winter's careless narcolepsy, the sky will not get a break. And though we do not see it, for weeks now, less and less light has been flooding our overstimulated world.

There are some who say summer peaks early in a quick burst of June lightning and then the thrill is gone by the time fireworks dissipate. Kids are barely out of school and the back to school sales have started.

Why do we do this? We do not see the full day of light while it shelters our heads. We just see the sun setting earlier until you turn on the lamps shockingly early in the December afternoon. Summer goes by while we just speed glumly ahead to the next thing.

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