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Near and Far

 

 

 

A thing perceived as the ground

A dirt dimension 

Seems to stretch out forever

Some areas of the dirt plane

Are

Covered in

Large pools of liquid

An arrangement that seems to work well

Dirt plus liquid creates alien creatures

Aliens move across the dirt

Some utilize four legs

Some eight

Others just two

Some move fast

Some slow

Sometimes they stop

And look out across the dirt

They look to points far beyond

The range of their rolling marble eyeballs 

Too far to see what is there

To look at the dirt beneath one’s feet is to look near

To look at the green dot of a tree on the horizon is to look far

To look into a blue sky 

Is to be unsure

How near or far one is looking

Because the sky is near and far 

At the same time