On The Beach

On the beach
South of 39A
The tall shaft rises in the distance
The waiting
The fire
The thunder
Apollo is off.

On the beach
The young boy watches
and dreams he was them.

Soon the image
Black sky
White surface
And a small step.

Into history.


(As a witness.  July 16, 1969)

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