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    Six Minutes

    That’s how long it takes us to realize the Sun has gone dark.

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    Doug Langille

    Doug Langille

    hack writer & shameless technophile

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    Six Minutes

    That’s how long

    it takes us

    to realize

    the Sun

    has

    gone

    dark.

    Six

    long

    minutes.

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    Tags: kith-kin, melancholy, poetry, speculative

    Published: May 25, 2015

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