meet u on the dark side of the moon
if you watched the lift-off of Artemis II today you will have
seen the lawn chair crowd lolling about drinking shasta
sucking on chilidogs at least they were not watching the
portable electric chair spectacles in days of yore
Mississippi Delta until 1994 children would be present the
streetlights would dim Gruesome Gertie all a crackle + hum
she often failed to deliver enough voltage i will leave y’all to use
your imaginations here
in childhood i had wanted to be an astronaut an old brother recently
said: there’s still hope Ape! John Glenn was older than you on his last
mission i actually witnessed a shuttle launch the one that exploded
just after lift-off there were several astronauts on board
one with a daughter watching Christa McAuliffe a young teacher
fulfilling her dream my mother is in space too apparently she will
never return
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Spring 2026
..the lunatic is in the hall in the White House..hey we the people ..leave that moon alone..
the moon wades a creek
Like an albino with a blade
Fixed to a stick.
Now the moon was a fifty-cent piece
It was a belly I wanted to cut open
the moon in the woods flashing
Like a girl running in her panties.
(Lunar Phases Frank Stanford Poet Mississippi Delta 1948-1978)
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