Space Suits Don't Come With Ties.

Rocket - 80 Words
Aaron Dethrage

(10.)
When we are young, we exist formlessly, told to become
(9.)
anything we desire, encouraged even to become astronauts--bleached
(8.)
pockets of air stark against a starry, midnight
(7.)
sky. However, the world slowly intervenes, gnawing
(6.)
away our ambitions and childhood fantasizing,
(5.)
grounding us to one place,
(4.)
one job, one desk.
(3.)
Our feet--like
(2.)
roots--holding
(1.)
us
(liftoff.)
down.

We are reckless and wonderful creatures, something we must try never to forget.


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