A Lens on the Dark

The darkness outside had settled completely, turning the courtyard below into a sea of vague silhouettes. I returned to the wooden clothespin I clamped earlier to test its night-vision utility, but simple wooden prongs offered minimal magnification. In my hoodie pocket, I still had a clear glass marble salvaged from the hallway runner. Pushing onto my toes, I slotted the marble precisely between the clothespin's wooden jaws until the tension held it fast. Crouching behind it, the distant streetlights inverted into glowing golden pinpricks through the curved glass. A rudimentary telescope, perhaps, but the nocturnal courtyard is now properly calibrated for observation.brainniely gremlin #gremlins #gremlinsoc #gremlins2 @powerpuffgirls