Never let gravity get you down In heaven as on earth Position may provide power, but do not trust thrust
Velcro repeatedly and without restraint Always possess a firm foundation Third parties bring stability but add complications
Touch means push away Weight is no longer fate, but mass lasts Hormones lose heat in the cold of space
As pooling erects problems, privacy turns priority Zero G is not easy or free: check simulations first Make darkness visible; radiation creates mutations
The day you were not there I came to visit A grey, damp morning you missed My unannounced arrival
Lunch was as usual at noon You did not show I asked how you were You did not answer Peevishly I left the cafe Waiting for your angry replies
We both should be here But absence is the message We deliver regularly To the wrong address If the body is a battleground Were we generals or privates?
You learn from despair as it ages More from youth once it’s past What you wanted, I wanted Is now out of reach
Her eyes are blue, she says My eyes see green edged in emerald Flickers of anger her tongue conceals Her eyes Different hues to different minds
She certainly saw love differently An investment – joint earnings and coupled careers Treated firmly like furniture and funerals Death did not scare her Part of a doctor’s job Another opportunity to excel and She did
Dutiful at work and hoarding secrets Each cultivated with silent pride If more came from her loving agreement Just added interest on invested capital
She knew where she wanted to go You might have your own notions yet Would slowly watch Every other path block up You should see her way was right in the end Of that she was sure
My position did not quite fit the plan I wanted warmth, feelings acknowledged if Not entirely understood Sharing a sadness about life’s why and how Not just tastes, career clocks, steady stocks Yet we looked right, she said Just right
Despite my folly she performed ably Married another who fit her plan better Climbing rungs to an admirable schedule Doing good work damn well
Yet when you disagree on the color of eyes They can flash signals You may never read right
You take my hand in a cold white bed Mouth mirrors mouth My lungs fill with your breath I laugh You hurl
We are ridiculous Even with the Eros thing Intimacy a long haul horror show Belching, sniffling, secreting The closer we get the bigger the pores Each night visit our skin’s lunar surface Ragged blood lips, splotchy eyes The failings and failures to come
We accept that we are ridiculous The whole foolish shooting match Perhaps that’s the beginning of love Or just the illusion of safety Either way I hope it’s enough
