The birds huddled as one against the sudden dark then stepped apart and sang when the sun returned. People huddled as one in the dark to watch with wonder as the sun and moon entwined. When the sun returned, people stayed close to one another and told the stories about the totality of the totality they'd just seen. I only watched it on the news and I was jealous because I realized that those who saw the eclipse, the total, had created a four- minute church while the birds taught us that it's wise to gather as one to protect ourselves against the terrors that exist in the dark and the birds also taught us the joy of praise when the sun offers its blessings. Ah, we need the birds, of course, just as we need the eclipse to remind us humans that wonder—silent and voluminous wonder— is one of the greater gift that humans and birds can offer to one another.
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Lots to notice/like here, but I am particularly moved by the blending of sentences/stanzas, replicating the symbiotic relationship of sun and moon working together to create such a momentous experience. Clouds covered much of the visual highlights of the New Orleans partial version we saw, but a rare silence and awe still united birds, insects and people there.
Nice one