Dark Matter
“Writing the words makes me break out in a cold sweat. But I have to set it down. I have to make sense of it.
The sky cleared just before noon, so we got our last sight of the sun after all. It was Gus’ turn to take the readings at the Stevenson screen, but I went with him to watch the sun rise and set – which by now is pretty much the same thing. Algie stayed inside. He said it would spook him to see it go. This time, no one suggested a ceremonial whisky.
Twilight. Behind the bird cliffs, the red glow of dawn, but to the west it was night: the cold glimmer of stars. The black bones of the mountains jutted through the snow. On the shore, the whale ribs glinted with frost, and the rocks sloping down to the sea were white and smooth. The water was dark purple, vivid and strange.
Because of the cliffs, we couldn’t see much. We saw the sky turn bloody and inflamed as the sun struggled to rise. We saw a sliver of fire. An abortive dawn. The sun sank back, defeated.
Gone.
I shut my eyes and ...it was still there, blazing behind my eyelids.MoreLess
The sky cleared just before noon, so we got our last sight of the sun after all. It was Gus’ turn to take the readings at the Stevenson screen, but I went with him to watch the sun rise and set – which by now is pretty much the same thing. Algie stayed inside. He said it would spook him to see it go. This time, no one suggested a ceremonial whisky.
Twilight. Behind the bird cliffs, the red glow of dawn, but to the west it was night: the cold glimmer of stars. The black bones of the mountains jutted through the snow. On the shore, the whale ribs glinted with frost, and the rocks sloping down to the sea were white and smooth. The water was dark purple, vivid and strange.
Because of the cliffs, we couldn’t see much. We saw the sky turn bloody and inflamed as the sun struggled to rise. We saw a sliver of fire. An abortive dawn. The sun sank back, defeated.
Gone.
I shut my eyes and ...it was still there, blazing behind my eyelids.MoreLess
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