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EVERY ANGEL IS TERRIFYING

EVERY ANGEL IS TERRIFYING

Duino Elegies–Ranier Maria Rilke

The View From Afar

The View From Afar

January 26, 2017 Jerry King Comments 0 Comment

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump ordered the re-authorization and rapid completion of the Dakota Access and the Keystone XL pipelines, two controversial infrastructure projects that will make it easier to transport fossil fuels across North America

.—The Atlantic Daily Jan 25, 2017


Earth

“A planet doesn’t explode of itself,” said dryly
The Martian astronomer, gazing off into the air—-
“That they were able to do it is proof that highly
Intelligent beings must have been living there.”

—John Hall Wheelock

 

 

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