Tuesday, November 5, 2013

LAST WORDS OF APOLLO

But!—It just couldn't be 
science
that's hauling 
this ponderous,
chary and 
frosty octagonal thing

gradually—above 
the whole grateful 
sighing ménage 
of orange trees and old castles
that happened to spring 
from the chunky autumnal 
region of rock 
that you survey below—come

on!—think
hard!—everybody

at some point 
or other—has felt that there's 
something
that's far, far too heavy

for physics 
to lift—let alone carry!