Gash in the heavens

The only other source of light is a gash in the heavens, its edges bubbling with clouds, as though the sky has developed an infected wound. The moon’s glow pours through.
 
—  Hisham Matar, The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between (Random House, July 5, 2016)

Photos: DK, October 9, 2020, 6:10 to 6:40 a.m. Cove Island Park, Stamford, CT

35 thoughts on “Gash in the heavens”

  1. Well, THAT IS what I call a super-marriage of photo and word! Merci – what a statement, and what a photo to underline said words!

  2. Reblogged this on It Is What It Is and commented:
    All in nature is ART!! … “The moon’s glow pours through.”
    — Hisham Matar, The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between (Random House, July 5, 2016).

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