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.