|
distant galaxies
(click for more text)
Revolving
text
Site
map
|
We crane our necks upwards and trace patterns on the
rusty bottom of the car at the very top. Suddenly, the car
swings upwards, taking us by surprise. You hold my arm and
whisper in my ear. Look up this time. You can see
everything. You can see infinity.
And it is true.
You can see almost the entire city from here. It is a clear
day, one of our cobalt blue sky days with tiny wisps of
clouds and the hot white sun streaming into silver in the
late afternoon. I point out the library with its new copper
roof, the Fortney museum of old rotted cars (We ought to go
there someday, you say. It is closed now, I say. All the
more reason to go, you say. I
agree.).
You name the mountains for me--or as many as you
can--starting from Pikes Peak, which we barely detect on the
horizon, up the Front Range and on through Long's Peak past
Boulder, which we must look back at, craning our necks and
rocking the seat.
We should visit those peaks, you say.
More, I say. We should visit the stars. Find out what is
out there.
You nod. I know where we can find a spaceship cheap. It
would probably fit two, but you would have to sleep in the
trunk.
We both smile and look away.
|
