Passage unavailable – the paradise portal occludes.
My stellar smile eclipsed behind sealed lips, I abort abandon,
sabotage surrender. Co-existence or melding of minds –
please decide. Molecular sadness beams to ground control.
The ocular flash fails: a double-exposure of once-riveted,
simulation-tested lover-explorers. I find a different wavelength.
The carbon dioxide of my sigh reaches your lungs –
I watch you gasp for oxygen like an astronaut
whose helmet has been ripped off in zero atmosphere.
(First published in Otoliths, Issue 46.)
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