Running, Hiding

They move at maximum velocity,
The sun himself has never found one out.
They lie to the blind side of everything;
They've never seen the light, they never will,
...
And still, outside of this, beyond all this,
How could the cold and dark be absolute?
A voyager said the stars were moved by love --
Then what great light's black space the shadow of?

from Hide & Seek, by Howard Nemerov


Spent an enjoyable part of the day being chased by a giant. Managed to hide by lying on my back at the bottom of the slide. Worked for almost twenty seconds. Fortunately I was very much bigger than the giant. Also there was a chair of safety hanging nearby.