Butwe,wholiveindoors,,.
Still,,hugeandyellowoverthehorizon,.
,,,,therisingmoon,hugeandredandgrotesquelymishappenbythedustandsweatofthesummeratmosphere,loomedupoutofthewoods.
Distortedthusbythehotbreathofearth,,asifthisstrangelighthadwakenedevilspiritsintheweeds.
,toorange,togold,,forasitrose,,fullchestedandroundandthecolorofivory,,reassuredthatthiswasthefamiliarmoon,.
,wemustslipintoanolder,,.
Moonlightshowsusnoneoflife’,,moredrawntoourfeelings.
,Iwatchedthemoonforanhourortwo,andthengotbackintothecar,turnedthekeyintheignitionandheardtheenginestart,.
’smoon,enormousandgoldoverthehorizon,filling,thenightwithvision.
Anowlswoopsfromtheridgetop,’s“MoonlightSonata”andofShakespeare,whoseLorenzodeclaimsinTheMerchantofVenice,“Howsweetthemoonlightsleepsuponthisbank!/Herewillwesitandletthesoundsofmusic/Creepinourears.”Iwonderiftheirverseandmusic,likethemusicofcrickets,,mycitifiedconfusionsmeltintothequietofthenight.
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Atmoonrise,asweslowourmindstothepaceoftheheavens,,acrossthedistances,murmursofancienthunterandseeanewthevisionsofpoetsandloversoflongago.