Astrophysical Observation
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Assess the hope and likelihood that you
Or anyone who tends to watch the moon —
When moving in elliptic pathway through
The evening’s stars or morning like a rune
Estranged from omens in the mindless sky—
Will witness sudden splash of destiny,
The impact of meteor with some high
Plateau aspiring to sublimity,
A crash at such a height that it provides
A prophet’s momentary flash of bright
Prediction, or a cipher that abides
Forever on the lunar landscape’s blight.
The chance of seeing such a sight above
Resembles odds for scarless night of love.