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Two friends and I met for lunch Monday,

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... and we didn't know what to do about the eclipse, No cameras  no glasses, no cereal box, no pin holes,so we decided to take a taxi up to Fifth Avenue to Central Park anyway. It was 2:15, and we walked in just north of the museum. Well there were people all over the place, and friend Rita asked the first three guys where they got their glasses, and she said I'm jealous, and one of them said, "here", and gave us a pair of glasses. It 2:44 when it was at the height, so we went on up the hill.  And finally the sun came out behind a limb, and it was a teeny tiny little red thing with a black thing in front of it and black all around and it made me so happy to see it. Please don't leave page before the photo~~!!  and it just made our other friend Gabrielle happy-- she just kept saying "I'm so happy'.  So I'm standing on the sidewalk with these glasses and people walking by me, and so I said to couple of people, "have you seen the

Manhattan at Night, From the Brooklyn Bridge

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A small rat noses down the puddled track bed, Hunched up night-shifters wait for a train. Elevators at attention with doors closed, They’re working late on the 32 nd floor. Manhattan at Night ~ from the Brooklyn Bridge