Launch

It clears the tower

It clears the tower,
and we watch it go, ribbon
waving at its feet.

It will be a clear day

It will be a clear day
when I leave the Earth

trouble capped at 10,000 ft

and birds below
will circle in
and repeat a sound
from a poem
I knew well

just out of hearing.

 

 

Before the launch

 

SpaceX SES-9 launch

  

Atlas V

  

Go, Hot Dog, Go!