perfect grey by Gary HoffmannI met a man today
(it was snowing outside)
in the college of science
between classes
he was staring
out the window
to the south-west
smiling peacefully
at the terminally grey skies
of Rochester
I, being curious, inquired of him,
"What are you looking at?"
"The sunset," said he.
"It's beautiful."
I glanced
seeing only snow and clouds and trees
and a perfect non-
gradience of achromatic illumination
and I said,
"Yes, it is beautiful."
09/23/2001 Posted on 09/23/2001 Copyright © 2025 Gary Hoffmann
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