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title: The largest asteroid in the asteroid belt
genre: verse

project:
    title: Autocento of the breakfast table
    css: autocento
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What secrets does it hold?  \
Can it tell us who kissed Sara \
that night on the veranda, or \
who Joey is really in love with?  \
We all know it isn't Sara, we \
mean look at them Christmas eve \
and he's staring whistfully \
at the stars, or the largest \
asteroid in the asteroid belt.  \
She's staring at him, sure, but \
she sees the twinkle in his eye \
is not aimed in her direction.  \
The reflection of that reflection \
will beam into space, lightyears \
of space, dimming slowly each \
second, until it dies out like \
all of Sara's hopes for something \
resembling love in this life, real \
love that takes hold of her by \
the throat and refuses to let go, \
love that makes men travel for her \
and only for her, love that launches \
space ships to that asteroid, the \
largest in the asteroid belt, that \
jewel of dead rock and ice, harboring \
something that could've been life \
[and nothing that actually is][].

[and nothing that actually is]: http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88/stevens-snowman.html