Kelsey May
Thanks to me, everybody will be dancing in space
The moon doesn’t change shape or color or size
but our perspective does. We’re constantly in orbit
around new passions, Saturn’s rings stuck in an icy
pattern; most of the time, I’m a loose cannon smoking
cigarettes and whistling. I wouldn’t survive in space.
I’m too wound down at the end of the day, no grit
or gravity in my stomach. There are oil slicks on Titan
that could swallow trees or elephants, then belch pianos,
keys and all. I have dreams that no star could fulfill; that is to say,
I don’t spend enough time engineering my dreams.
What is rocket science and how can I apply it to my own life?
You can only make so many wishes after all. If I ended up on a rocket anyway,
I hope I’d bring my photo album and a tape deck.
Memories and jams are better company than a cigarette any day.
Kelsey May is from Grand Rapids, Michigan. Her work has appeared in InWords, Pine Hills Review, NonBinary Review, and Paste Magazine and received several awards, including a nomination for a 2016 Pushcart Prize.
Thanks to me, everybody will be dancing in space
The moon doesn’t change shape or color or size
but our perspective does. We’re constantly in orbit
around new passions, Saturn’s rings stuck in an icy
pattern; most of the time, I’m a loose cannon smoking
cigarettes and whistling. I wouldn’t survive in space.
I’m too wound down at the end of the day, no grit
or gravity in my stomach. There are oil slicks on Titan
that could swallow trees or elephants, then belch pianos,
keys and all. I have dreams that no star could fulfill; that is to say,
I don’t spend enough time engineering my dreams.
What is rocket science and how can I apply it to my own life?
You can only make so many wishes after all. If I ended up on a rocket anyway,
I hope I’d bring my photo album and a tape deck.
Memories and jams are better company than a cigarette any day.
Kelsey May is from Grand Rapids, Michigan. Her work has appeared in InWords, Pine Hills Review, NonBinary Review, and Paste Magazine and received several awards, including a nomination for a 2016 Pushcart Prize.