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the novelty wore off
Still Life #2
Ideal self
never land
“Ignition”

Jack Schmitt’s Apollo 17 EVA gloves from last mission to the Moon. Image credit: NASA, National Air and Space Museum’s Garber Facility, and Ulrich Lotzmann.
Grand speeches are for arrivals.
Leaving we don’t say much.
Why would we?
We’re coming back
after going home
for a little while
to re-supply
and to feed maps and pictures
of the Moon to the children
until the Moon-fed children learn
they can’t even go there
and they rebel
which creates enough fuel
for the return.