She came to see me

December 12, 2018poem, Poetry, Science Fiction Poetry, SF, speculative poetryDead astronaut, poem, poerty, Science Fiction, Science Fiction Poetry, SF, space, speculative poetryThe Cheesesellers Wife

She came to see me
Resplendent in red
Glittering with dust
Her elegant bone structure evident more than ever
Desiccated and dead
Spacesuit blown
Floating past the view screen
When I know we retrieved her from orbit yesterday

First published in the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Associations print journal Star*Line 40.4

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lifecameos says:

December 12, 2018 at 9:26 am

Scary stuff ! Part of our future now ?

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1. The Cheesesellers Wife aka Kim Whysall-Hammond says:
  
  December 12, 2018 at 12:23 pm
  
  Well, I fondly hope that space travel is part of our future.
  
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  1. lifecameos says:
    
    December 13, 2018 at 4:17 am
    
    You are more adventurous than I am.
    
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