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I saw two shooting stars last night

I wished on them but they were only satellites

Is it wrong to wish on space hardware

I wish, i wish, i wish you'd care

—Billy Bragg, "A New England"

 

We drove home from Toronto last night listening to a CD my brother made of Bragg's "Worker's Playtime" album. For some reason he added two versions of "A New England" — Bragg's and Kirsty MacColl's. That stanza stuck in my head all day today so I figured I'd wait for the International Space Station to fly by and exorcise it from me.

 

(This is a one minute exposure and as such the satellite leaves a streak in the sky. You don't actually see the streak in real life, just a bright, moving object.)

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