<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><font>Taking Back The Moon </font><br> <br>I am taking back the moon<br>for the lunatics,<br>the lovers,<br>and the poets.<br> <br>The real estate agents<br>may notice a gap in the night sky,<br>have to put away their signs.<br> <br>The scientists can measure<br>the diamater of this darker <br>darkness,<br>triangulate its distance from earth,<br>and conclude that what's missing<br>must be the moon.<br> <br>But I have it right here<br>under my arm,<br>wrapped in a notebook<br>leaking light,<br>and am coming toward you<br>with a poem it helped me write.<br>I pull it out and read by the moon's light:<br> <br> The Swimmer<br> <br> He dives into the moon<br> from the pier on the lake,<br> hits his target dead center;<br> and, coming up for air,<br> finds none.<div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Duane Ackerson</div></body></html>