“MATHURA MAN SETS RECORD BY STARING AT SUN FOR OVER AN HOUR”
—from Poets Respond
March 29, 2022
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Gus Peterson: “I heard this story mentioned in passing on the radio driving into town today. Although a few months old, I had to see if it was true. I’m still not sure it is. But after such a long dark pandemic winter indoors in Maine my eyes still haven’t adjusted to the brilliance of even a partly sunny day. But I can understand the impulse to not want to see at times.”