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Photo: Dave and Trish by Alec Soth, from his recent work, Songbook.

Photo: Dave and Trish by Alec Soth, from his recent work, Songbook.

To the Moon and Back!

April 21, 2015

To the moon and back?

Yeah, to the moon and back.

Hop in my arms and we’ll split

to Canaveral, boogie down to the biggest

rocket there is. When you bat your

silky lashes real slow, they’ll whistle us

right into the hatch.

 

If the fellas on the headsets object,

we’ll show them our ticket

- your lips on my collar -

and they’ll start the countdown.

After that we shimmy on space suits,

buckle up in the same seat, and smooch

while the dashboard bleeps and bloops us into space.

 

Darling, I hate to tell you this,

I wish it weren’t true,

but it’s gonna take three stinkin’ days

to reach the moon.

Stop smiling! I’m serious, kiddo.

That’s a long time for a guy

like me to sit still.

 

When we land you’ll need your hat,

your white-ribbon-Easter-goddess-hat,

and we’ll be walkin’ tipsy

from wine and whiskey.

Come nighttime you can blink

the stars out of your eyes,

and blow them back to where they belong.  

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The Blog

I try to post every few months or so. Check out some of my poems below.


Poetry
A Sonnet In Need of Summer
A Sonnet In Need of Summer
about 7 years ago
To the Moon and Back!
about 10 years ago
Elegy for the World We Knew
about 10 years ago
Griselda
about 10 years ago
In Praise of a Sleepless Night
about 10 years ago
The Artist's Credo
about 10 years ago
For Sale. 1924 Kimball Upright Piano. VERY HEAVY!!!
about 10 years ago