Escape Velocity

by

Doug Larson

violent fire
exploding downward
scorched earth
levitation
slow ascent
acceleration
gravity’s pull
multiplied
on my face
glued to my seat
I ride this Pegasus
ever faster
through cloudmist layers
stratosphere
mesosphere
thermosphere
magnetosphere
beyond the tug
of earth mass
hurling oblivion
the stuff of dreams
beyond the nine
or is it eight?
or is it fate?
I beseech thee
come milk the whey
with me
flee reality
and see
Orion’s belt
from God’s eye view
through crystal windows
together
we will bust
Musca the fly
grab Leo by his mane
Taurus by his tail
and drink the Big Dipper
dance the Seven Sisters
with Vela sails
to drive our Carina keel
cast our nets
for Pisces
weigh our catch
on Libra’s scales
Pyxis and Sextans
our navigation
and graceful Cygnus
our imagination
anchor in Virgo
and make sweet love
on a bed of nebulae
as snowball comets of ice
meander by
to eavesdrop
this celestial tryst
a rapturous sigh
so sweet
so high
floating Eridanus infinite river
to live forever
oblivion’s kiss
upon our lips
and passion’s bliss
cloyed eternal
in our breasts.

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