“There Is A Moment After You Move Your Eye Away When You Forget Where You Are Because You’ve Been

“There is a moment after you move your eye away when you forget where you are because you’ve been living, it seems, somewhere else, in the silence of the night sky. You’ve stopped being here in the world. You’re in a different place, a place where human life has no meaning. You’re not a creature in a body. You exist as the stars exist, participating in their stillness, their immensity.”

— Louise Glück, From Averno; “Telescope”