Will Sandberg
Galaxies Continue to Spin After Their Formation
It has been proven that half of all spiral galaxies
appear to be rotating clockwise and the other half
counterclockwise. A ying-yang. A sundial’s shadow.
Burnouts with whitewall tires. Smoke. Clouds. Doing
donuts. Figure eights. Eight ball. A crow and a dove. A
hearse. Go toward the light. Eat my dust. Rewind the
tape. Reverse. A black hole. A meteor shower.
Pockmarked with potholes, then paved over. Asphalt.
Blacktop. The tar pits that trapped the dinosaurs.
Fossils. Bone. Fuel burned up into the atmosphere.
You see stars when you rub your closed eyes. Rolling
snake eyes. A starfield against a black backdrop. Or a
snowfall against a night sky. Dust in a still room. Old,
grainy, black and white footage. The X-rays show
angel wings. The grim reaper’s cloak. The silent
movie’s subtitles read “…” Static on the screen.
Scribbling a dark thought or a bright idea in a spiral
notebook. A double helix. Black clouds over a single
jasmine bloom. Stare into the abyss. At the sun, until
you go blind. No offense, of course, but I have to ask,
What do you see when you’re born totally blind? All
black or all white? Can you know how either looks?
Will Sandberg graduated from Flagler College and lives in Florida. He loves his wife, PC gaming, and watching sports.