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by Keith Reese
Nothing is Forever

I feel like a comet trapped in the gravity between two planets or stars. Soon, another heavenly body, maybe an asteroid, meteor, or comet will come and give me a slight nudge and I'll be on my way again. Yes, sometimes a comet loses its way ants its never seen again. Alas! Comet Schumacher-Levy 9 collided with Jupiter in a cosmic scheme, and was destroyed. Perhaps a thousand worlds had seen that comet's comings and goings and awaiting its return. But Schumacher-Levy 9 is no more. When it collided with Jupiter; it stirred elements and generated unpredictable happenings. How many times did Schumacher-Levy 9 miss Jupiter? Only did it strike it one surreal day? What does it mean? That nothing is forever? Comet Schumacher-Levy 9 was condemned to coalesce within a celestial orbit, to ride a circuit across vast voids and skies. A kaleidoscopic display was seen in the heavens. That ineffable phantasmal sight could have been the beginning of a beautiful event-horizon. If comet Schumacher-Levy 9 was evidence that a cataclysmic change is coming to our quarter of the universe, then metaphysically, it could be evidence that our terrestrial livelihood is on the brink of change. A great supernatural chemist is mixing his elements of things we see and cannot see. In cosmic time, we will be privy to it. When you grieve for me, let the heavens remind you that nothing is forever. Soon, an invisible body will nudge me, and I will move into a new world.