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At thirteen
I stood in a line
That wrapped around the block
Anticipation was high
For the show
Slowly
We ambled into the library
Its walls
Hushed the crowd.
Culture had not yet
Lost its respect
Of quiet spaces
Some fifty feet ahead
A light shone overhead
To light the delight
We all came to see
Necks bent
To catch a glimpse
Before it was our turn
To stand before the great exhibition
Finally
After much anticipation
The joy welling up
Like steam from a geyser
There it was
A moon rock
Encased in glass
Gray and dusty
Like the contents
Of a vacuum bag
Turning to my brother
We both looked knowingly
Into each other’s eyes
And without words said,
“That’s it?”
We spent
The mandatory
10-15 seconds
In front of the dirt
Paid our homage
Drove home
And played
Street football
The accomplishment of the moon landing was not lost on us. We knew it to be our greatest achievement as humans. As an adolescent, I guess I was hoping to see a more pragmatic reward for risking and taking human life for such an endeavor. Gold would have done it…..something like that.
Single frame – multiple exposure dreamscape photograph by me ©2020
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I am the proverbial photographic bastard son, ignoring good photography practices and reverting to a pictorial mindset. The red of the sunset is like watercolor, waiting to be moved around on a whim....3x in this multiple exposure...then popping the moon in there for a place to live in the last of four exposures.
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a . p l e a s u r e .
y o u . m a k e . a r t . w i t h . p h o t o g r a p h y . m y . f r i e n d .
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we were more impressed with Hendrix and Clapton...it was a phase
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I saw one of them (moon rocks) for some reason at, of all places, the Washington DC National Cathedral. I think it was in the 90's and the reaction most people seemed to be having was perfectly summed up by you.
Hendrix was not of this planet. Now that was a real rock-er worth seeing.
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ha, i totally get the "that's it" moment
well, maybe it was the starting point of a future fascination, somewhere on the subconscious level, don't you think?
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Beautiful! Looks hazy, like a fog in the morning.
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Wonderful photo. really well done
Amazing description too
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great reminiscence poem.
"That's it?" at the time but glad you have the memory, right? 
we were in London once and went to "the changing of the guard" at Buckingham Palace. endless crowd. couldn't see a thing. did it really change at all 
beautiful image
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Thanks, yeah, a good memory, and it's significance wasn't lost on us, but at 13 making sure to get in an hour of street football carried equal weight...
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On top of the moment of lunar beauty, I thank you for my morning laugh (That's it?).
What better way to start a day.
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thank you Yvette.....it was impressive to know where it came from...but it may have been better to just leave it up there
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The moon would probably have appreciated that.
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