The Big Hello
February 15, 1996
Driving toward the yellow glow
in the east, behind the hill,
I sweep around the hill
and am hit by the flare of the sun,
newly minted, fully broken free
of ground and tree, dazzling,
too brilliant to tolerate,
forcing away the eyes -
the world's biggest, most splendid,
arresting, overwhelming, astonishing
hello.