Size / / /

all those bleached bones
beside a road carved out of desert night

curled back in waves
propulsion


having flung d'artagnan clear
to luna's tepid stone

all earthly aspirations
our astronaut ignites


discarding only those most hollow shells
in his affective wake.

 

Copyright © 2002 Andy Miller

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