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Mercury In Retrograde: A Speedy Transit For Disappearing

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By Marilyn GloverPublished about a year ago • Updated about a year ago • 2 min read
Top Story - July 2025
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Find yourself at the platform on July 17, at precisely 9:45 pm PT

Imagine, yes, imagine, you are wearing running shoes

A fresh pair of Nikes, neatly laced and tied

The platform is a space, somewhere between Earth and Mercury

Accessible by your mind, but you have to believe

Mercury moves faster at a picked-up pace

Orbiting the Sun in 88 days

While Earth takes 365

Ready to feel alive again- Ready to leave?

***

Meet me at the platform on July 17, at precisely 9:45 pm PT

Prepare to feel alive again, we are leaving

Speed Racer passes the baton, collectively, we grab the transit

Faster than freedom, we free-fall

Disappearing, reappearing in Mercury territory

Hot rodders, we are, zooming, zooming, zooming

But it feels like we are falling backward

You are falling backward, right?

You are falling backward, right?

YOU ARE FALLING BACKWARD, RIGHT?

***

Meet me at the platform on July 17 at precisely 9:45 pm PT

Backward, we fall- NO, not all

It's a tricky situation

We are actually ahead, lapping Earth 3 times

But it feels like a time warp

Time slowing down, rewinding

SLOWER, slower, slower...

Sooner or later, all the kinks will iron out

Confusion, glitches in tech, breakdown in communication

However, there's no need for your concern

Disappearing means you get to finally find yourself

***

Meet me at the platform on July 17 at precisely 9:45 pm PT

Find Yourself

Go within: look deep, look deeper

Deeper, deeper, deeper...

Close your eyes, realize all your yesteryears are present

Joy, Youth, Abundance, Love, Health

Pulsating through all of your being is WEALTH

Stealthily breathing in between layers of skin

Epidermis, dermis, hypodermos

Three layers, three levels, similar to Mercury's 3x ahead lapping

Overlapping

Pondering, thinking, on the brink...

***

Meet me at the platform on July 17 at precisely 9:45 pm PT

On the brink, you consider

What would it be like if you chose not to live in planetary confines

Earth-based breakdowns, setbacks, and unalignments

Human-type thoughts that lead to retirement

Retiring to a quest for vanishing

Brainwashing, self-inflicted; caught and convicted

Yet optical illusions seem to get you every time

Wanna cross the line, all the boundaries-

Horrays set by this world full of yahoos?

Wanna go backward to jump ahead, get out of your head?

Great!

Meet me at the platform on July 17 at precisely 9:45 pm PT

And, remember, don't be late!

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Author's note- celebrating Mercury in Retrograde with poetry using popular words found in hypnosis techniques. Disappear into yourself during the retrograde to reappear stronger!

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Marilyn Glover

Poetry is my first love of writing and will always be. My debut Jungian-themed chapbook, Shadow's Reprieve, is available now on Amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H9JY19R5

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    Written by Marilyn Glover