It wasn’t so long ago we sloughed off primordial soup dredged rock from a quarry & built cities spanning miles strip clubs and suburbs somber gathering places locations for laughter and fright connecting point by point with flight last week (or year, times’ be fickle) we sent a Tesla on its way space bound rocket... Continue Reading →
Deity
Having spent a millennium (or two) among the vastness of space, it dawned upon existence; that being means more than to exist. & here we are now.Among the kaleidescope of constellations (Being dragged amongst the stars is more like it) Holding breath while comets whiz by,Inching closer with every passThese "astronomical units" the gold standard... Continue Reading →
Touchdown Confirmed
We're on Mars again! Woohoo!! Capture from JPL live video feed from the Perseverance Rover 18 February 2021
Modern Era
Those crowds, I remember them Getting lost in the fray Far from home Lost in a nebula between Star systems So out of place; a fire hydrant on Mars This Jan. 6 panorama provided by NASA of a Martian hilltop was taken by the NASA rover Opportunity.AP (2015)
In 3..2…1…
Hissing airlock chamber Sealing fates as ground rumbles & temperature rises Roaring engines engaging Burst of energy These particles pushing back Faster & faster until We have liftoff