Sol Oriens

And alien tears will fall for him

Pity’s long-broken urn

For his mourners will be out cast men

And outcasts always mourn.

Oscar Wilde - tombstone

(Pere Lachaise, Paris, France)

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Author's Note

Blink.
In that split second of darkness nothing changed.
Blink.
A billion seconds equals 31.69 years. I'm 35. I'm over a billion seconds old. Great. Now, I feel old.
Blink.