Mercury transits the sun,
The moon above the obelisk
In 2001, A Space Odyssey;
Are you seeing this?
Arecibo,
A humming oscilloscope,
The horizontal, the vertical,
The sine waves lapping at your feet,
Your green sweater, a missing screen:
It's looking right at you baby doll,
Cygnus X-1, the Swan in September,
After the collapse,
And the words
Of the Soviet Cosmonaut
As she fell
Back to Earth-
Terrifying.
Our reach should always exceed our grasp. Hopefully, the earth also moved. Heavenly.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
A beautifully narrated poem on space odyssey. Thanks for sharing.