title the moon is gone and in its place a mirror id moongone genre prose ekphrastic image moongone jpg title the moon is gone link http apod nasa gov apod ap120102 html project title elegies for alternate selves class elegies order 18 prev title ronald mcdonald link ronaldmcdonald next title the mountain link mountain the moon is gone and in its place a mirror looking at the night sky now yields nothing but the viewer's own face as viewed from a million miles surrounded by the landscape he is only vaguely aware of being surrounded by he believes that he is alone surrounded by desert and mountain but behind him he now sees it someone is sneaking up on him he spins around fast but no one is there on earth he looks back up and they are yet closer in the night sky again he looks over his shoulder but there is nothing not even a desert mouse as he looks up again he realizes it's a cloud above him which due to optics has looked like someone else the cloud blocks out the moon which is now a mirror and the viewer is completely alone alone apollo11 html earth serengeti html