ひえ～
なんと、夜中の１２時を過ぎてしまった～
今日は一日眠くて
それでも、昼寝しながら仕事をやって
は～
やっと 今 Ｅ－ｖersion を書き終えたところ～
苦しい闘いだよな～
それでも、なんとか今夜も
一個 テキストが書けました
今日、しっかりと蝶になった
青筋くんのために
野原からとって来た雑草君のお花も
咲いております 私の横で
（君たちについても、そのうち書くね）
は～
とにかくお届けして
もうちっと 仕事やるか～
ではでは、私の今夜の Ｅ－ｖersion
Ｌｉｇｈｔ Ｐｏｌｌｕｔｉｏｎ よろしく ど～ぞ～
三毛猫詩人より
ＰＳ
美しい青筋くんはお部屋の壁に
張り付いて寝ております
明るくてごめんね
Light Pollution
Good morning, my readers. Just a while ago, I woke up. Yawning, I turned around and gasped to see what my clock showed me.
It said it was already past 8! Oh, my goodness! I had overslept! I had no idea why I could not get up earlier.
You see, when my work is not yet completed, I tend to oversleep. Unless my work pushes me too hard, I am sure that I can get up much earlier…
But, when there is much work to finish, something inside me drags me on.
If much work waits for me, it’s no wonder that I do not feel like getting up early.
(But, of course, it’s crucial that I get up early and finish them as soon as possible! I know that…)
Yet, this is how I am. And, to be honest, there is nothing I can do/want to do about this. (Brave of me!)
In any case, after drinking Chinese tea and eating slices of apples, I began to read some National Geographic articles online (instead of embarking on my work…).
You know, like you or unlike you, when I have things that I must finish off, I am apt to put them off until later.
This is a very bad habit, I admit. But, again there is nothing I can do about this, either.
Now, let me tell you about an article that I could not take my eyes off from.
It was Vernyn Klinkenborg’s light pollution that was published two years ago.
You see, it says that we have engineered and filled the night with light to live comfortably (and selfishly).
He explains that because we humans turn on too many lights at night, the living patterns of animals, birds, and insects are radically altered,
disrupted and fatally damaged.
For instance, migrating birds collide with tall buildings that are brightly lit all through the night. (I don't like this at all.)
Seabirds commit suicide by circling around the searchlights on marine oil platforms until they get exhausted and drop into the sea. (I hate to hear this!!)
When disturbed by powerful nocturnal lights along beaches and highways, frogs and turtles are forced to change their behavior, including nesting and reproduction, which has caused a big decline in their birth rates.
(At this news, my heart aches endlessly...)
As an animal and bird lover, it really hurts to learn these facts.
Even if birds are innately attracted to brightness so they end up in diving into the light only to die, still unnecessarily powerful lights are kept on at night!
How dreadful!
Please, take a look at photos of big cities such as Chicago, Los Angeles and Tokyo.
(You can see them along with the article on the National Geographic Online Site).
They are like balls of fire, shining brightly and blurring the Milky Way over the night sky.
Do they need to be so powerfully bright?
Klinkenborg calls this phenomenon of excessive lighting or poor light designs light pollution.
He strongly claims that ‘darkness is as essential and fundamental to our biological welfare as light itself.’
I totally agree with him!
He further cautions us that changing our habits of waking and sleeping in relation to the light is so risky that it is almost equal to altering the earth's gravity.
What a destructive influence it can exert on us!
Come to think of this light pollution, I have personally noticed how bright my streets are at night in Tokyo.
Whenever I go to and from swimming in the evenings, I always wonder if we need so much light in our streets.
The big highways in my town are brightly lit, as if it were daytime.
Any roads in my town are flooded with the light from cars, restaurants and supermarkets.
I must confess that I don’t find dark rooms fancy as a Japanese who is used to stark brightness.
In Canada, when our instructor did not turn on the lights in our room, I felt that it was too dark and uncomfortable.
I wanted him to switch them on so that the room was as bright as the ones in Japan.
Hmmm, I have to think about my own habits before criticizing other people's unacceptable behaviour..right.
Oops, it is already 9:30. I think I had better go now.
All right, everyone. I will get down with my work now!
Well begun is half done. Shall I start now!?
Poet Calico Cat