Tuesday, July 20, 2004
35 years ago today we walked on the moon
And today, we can't even make orbit.
I felt a wretched sadness come over me this weekend at the anniversary of the Apollo 11 launch, and today, it's worse, as I remember the magnificent first landing, and all the disappointments afterward.
I struggled to write more on this topic, but I'm too bitter.
As I write at 1AM July 20th, 2004, the moon is absent from the night sky, and the stars shine as brightly as they ever have - and they call to me as they ever will. Oh, yea, I can see, clearly, all the stars that the brightness of the moon - and our quest for it - denied us, the lost children of Apollo.
And sitting out on my back deck, I pour myself a drink, so I can sleep.
- Here's looking at you, Buzz.
Here's looking at you.
¶ 12:52 AM
