SPACE MADNESS!
Feb. 8th, 2007 03:27 pmthey'll talk about
my kids
the "love triangle"
the sound of breaking dishes
they'll note the minutiae--
the wig
the mallet
the pepper spray
the diaper--
and wonder
but none of them
stood next to that enormous claw
staring into the ocean of night
seeing the great black eye
stare and stare back at you
and only a few of us--like me--
have been looking
when it blinks
my kids
the "love triangle"
the sound of breaking dishes
they'll note the minutiae--
the wig
the mallet
the pepper spray
the diaper--
and wonder
but none of them
stood next to that enormous claw
staring into the ocean of night
seeing the great black eye
stare and stare back at you
and only a few of us--like me--
have been looking
when it blinks