-this is presumed to be just around the next corner-

at the time of this writing, in the northern hemisphere

where I was born and raised, where I learned the reasons why
the planets didn't lose their grip (fists-full of sky) only to fall

upon my head, the gas giants Jupiter and Saturn will appear to be

in close proximity as I look upward to see them.

of course Jupiter and Saturn aren’t actually “close” to one another,

but separated by a vast distance.

further, we’re not actually looking “upward” when we assume

our natural posture of observation in order to satisfy our fascination

with the unattainable. further still, we are not in fact “seeing”

the planets of Jupiter and Saturn as they actually are by their own devices,

but by the ways of reflected light and planetary atmospherics.

as for me, the fascination lies in the distance, not with solitary

dabs of reflected light, or ancient sprinklings from God's fierce

nostrils, or the fatalities of hydrogen, and cyanide.

but soon after the time of this writing I'll be standing in the backyard

close to the river, assuming I'm "close" to the river, presuming to

look "upward" toward the conjunction of the gas giants, Jupiter and Saturn

which will "appear" to be in "close proximity"––– one to the other one,

and if you choose to seek-out an alternative conclusion,

it is presumed to be just around the next corner, if the next corner

is where I'm assuming it will be.