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The Old Observatory

How they had gotten in I couldn’t see,
But the quickest way now was clear to me:
The masonry was chipped and overgrown,
Like ruins long lost in the tropic zone.

I tugged at a vine then started to climb,
Oblivious to all scratches and grime,

Up to the level of that metal track
Where the hemisphere had opened a crack.

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