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- [U.S. Poet Laureate Ada
Limón] "In Praise of Mystery:

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A Poem for Europa."

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Arching under the night sky.

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inky with black expansiveness,

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we point to the planets we know.

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we pin quick wishes on stars.

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From earth, we read the sky

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as if it is an unerring
book of the universe,

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expert and evident.

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Still, there are mysteries below our sky:

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The whale song,

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the songbird singing its call

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in the bow of a wind shaken tree.

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We are creatures of constant awe,

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curious at beauty,

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at leaf and blossom,

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at grief and pleasure,

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sun and shadow.

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And it is not darkness that unites us,

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not the cold distance of space,

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but the offering of water,

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each drop of rain, each rivulet,

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each pulse, each vein.

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O second moon,

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we, too are made of water,

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of vast and beckoning seas.

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We, too, are made of wonders,

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of great and ordinary loves,