"Footnotes 1" & "Transformation" by Samantha Terrel

Footnotes1

Is the dark side of the moon still a thing? 

Or, did science already explain it?2 

Let’s imagine3 it remains a mystery, and seek it together – 

Exploring the concept that ideas still matter, 

and the cosmos isn’t yet reduced to a textbook4 blurb.

Then, we can pretend textbooks are still a thing, too.

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1. “a note of reference, explanation, or comment usually placed below the text on a printed page”a.

2. “we now know that the Moon orbits Earth, and they both orbit the Sun. The ‘dark’ side is merely a trick of perspective”b.

3. to pretend or conjure up an idea from one’s own mind and of one’s own volition.

4. “a book that contains detailed information about a subject, for people who are studying that subject”d.

a. https://www.merriam-webster.com/

b. https://www.thoughtco.com/dark-side-of-the-moon-3072606

c. “the act of willing, choosing, or resolving”I.

d. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/textbook

I. https://www.dictionary.com/browse/volition

Transformation

As the sun rises,

Stark contrasts dissipate,

Making it more difficult 

To discern 

Rough outlines, even 

As specific features become easier to see.

A black on orange and blue silhouette

Transforms into pale green, grey, white,

Casting off confusions of a dark night; 

Abandoning

The simplicity of the conceivable for the varied, 

The sophisticated.

However improbable – and

Within a short interval – potential 

Becomes actual.