Trying To Look Up

Trying to Look Up

I waited on an island
for an eye patch
to glow like an eye
with an ice rink shine

but left when I heard
a boy ask his mom,
"Where's God's lost eye?"

"The Writer's Cramp"  13+: Write the best story or poem in 24 hours or less and win 10,000 GPs!


Prompt: Next month, on July 11, a total solar eclipse will be visible along a track across the South Pacific, including Rapa Nui (Easter Island). Write a story or poem about going to view this rare and inspiring event.


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