Poetry: Table

Shannon LawsDecember 6, 2013July 4, 2014UncategorizedHorseshoe Nebula, love, nebula, nebulae, Robin, Sagittarius, Shannon P Laws, space, Swan Nebula, table, The Omega Nebula, worm

Salt on the skin

Sweat dried in the cool air

We lay across the table cloth

a checkered gray and white sky

The meal: stars and atmosphere

set on a plate glazed

in a blue so dark

it doesn’t end

Our neighbors no longer

Robin or worm

but nebula and moon

Sagittarius contains several well-known nebulae, including the
The Omega Nebula, also known as the Horseshoe or Swan Nebula.

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