Science now suggests
a whole planet's
simultaneous bereavement
might be how
its rings are formed.
Think of the thousands
upon thousands
of satellites
swarming
all over and around us right now
like bees
safeguarding hopeless
narcissus flowers;
the sound of their gliding
in silence through space—
even as we use them to speak,
meet, and grieve—
must be
so thick and cold,
so bright and enormous.
