Sunday, June 23, 2013

Toy rocket astronauts

We came close to exit speed,
before the gravity well brought us back down
children
like all children fallen down
wells, gloves open-palm to retracting
light
helmet visors
reflecting a pinpoint sun,
below us
still water waits
and our descent
thick with stratosphere
seems to whisper
cool against our cheeks
what it is to grow old
in stages.

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