after Bernadette Mayer's Essay

 

It’s true, astronauts see 16 sunsets a day on average

It’s true, they may get sick of the sun already

It’s true, they don’t think about the sun 

It’s true, we human species suffer from indifference 

It’s true, we can care too little

It’s true, we care about it all wrong 

It’s true, we unfortunately thrive on disproportionate attention and inattention 

It’s true, we are not suited to care properly

It’s true, we will not see sunsets together

It’s true, sunsets aren’t always on time, either 

It’s true, some places don’t get to see sunsets 

It’s true, we mostly only need the idea of the sun 

It’s true, we can almost be sure that our relationship with sun is very weak 

It’s true, we are all only loosely related

Half of the year we walk on the street like the sun doesn’t exist 

Another half we just complain about it 

Maybe liking the sun is lame 

Understanding all those solar phenomena why particles explode when and how to 

observe eclipse

Only to be a sun expert

Do girls even like sun nerds

Most importantly sun doesn’t even care 

To be seen and known 

Studying sun will never be as rewarding as we want

According to google search

the average annual pay for a Solar Physicist in the US is about $94,805 a year

Much less than a salamander communication specialist 

Although it can be hard to decide 

Which is more loosely related to us the sun or baby salamanders 

To be able to communicate with a baby salamander

Means you have to care about salamander problems 

What they eat where they hide  

You have to like more than the idea of salamander 

People tend to ignore what’s in front of them 

But obsess over what’s left them forever  

Sixth grade, we lost our mom, among the other things 

She would be proud if we become successful solar physicists 

How much we love things that are so weakly connected to us 

Maybe we love them for the exact reason that sun doesn’t care

Astronauts confirmed that the sun looks sort of boring to them

And that they are busy grabbing the handles instead of appreciating the universe

We have learned that distance is relative 

That’s why we care about things that are loosely related 

Once we start to see them through an astronaut’s window

Someone switches the lamp on and off for 16 times