Feb 6, 2024
Mammatus clouds over Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah Wilderness Study Area, name derived from Diné "áshįįh łibá" ("salt, but it is gray"), about 7.5 miles northwest of Nageezi (Naayízí), Dinétah, New Mexico. Photo: Jesse Bull Chris (Jan 2024) :: [Thanks to Robert Scott Horton]
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There’s a certain Slant of light, Winter Afternoons – That oppresses, like the Heft Of Cathedral Tunes –
Heavenly Hurt, it gives us – We can find no scar, But internal difference – Where the Meanings, are –
None may teach it – Any – ‘Tis the seal Despair – An imperial affliction Sent us of the Air –
When it comes, the Landscape listens – Shadows – hold their breath – When it goes, ‘tis like the Distance On the look of Death –
Emily Dickinson [F320]
