Boarding Pass
I didn’t book the trip to Mars. The mind calendars
a lot these days. The mind went
(I want to say) to outer space
but to be more accurate
it was 140 million miles away.
I miscalculated the launch
by 2 hours, 47 minutes.
Seems like no one wants you to go.
Not even on a silicone microchip
aboard NASA’s InSight lander.
I read that Mars offers, among other attractions:
cocktails with the god of war
permission to roam gulleys, galleys and alleys, volcanoes
to discover things we the people
of Earth won’t or can’t yet fathom.
That’s why I fully intended to send you
where you wanted to go
But as mentioned, the mind
was a ways away.
| Gerard Lambert |
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