darkness finishes closing down the western sky
a bright light starts just beyond some dunes
it climbs above them
appears to hover
then climbs faster and faster into the sky
leaving behind a tower of cloud that slowly dissipates
a rocket has left the west coast
its payload intended for earth orbit
we few on the ground cheer
as if it might hear
or care if it did
I cheer with the rest of us
only secretly ambiguous to see us teeter into space
perhaps we’d walk with more bravado
if there were someone else to impress
to conquer
to steal from
we know how to do that with aplomb
machismo
swagger
we know how to bring them death by diseases they don’t know
but what if
surely not
but what if
just beyond the curtains of our own skies
or out beyond the swirl of outer planets
the cloud of comets waiting to plunge in
space pioneers await
with the same plans for us?
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