By A J Dalton
… we’re expanding
outwards
we’ve known for ages
the from
getting back there’s the trick
building the craft to:
cheating drift and time
hurtling stars, debris and comets
gravitating moons
sheer, warp and weft
reaching beseeching
doubting watchers
silent spectres and spacehulks
forbidding phantoms and warped warning
cosmic caution or chronic calamity
…
to find a yawing
nothing
no evidence vestige
sign trace clue
damned explanation for any of it
no homecoming party
nor welcoming committee
just the simple message:
‘Got bored waiting, Love G x’
About the Author
AJ Dalton
A J Dalton (www.ajdalton.eu) is a UK-based writer.
He’s published the Empire of the Saviours trilogy with Gollancz Orion, and various collections with Kristell Ink, Luna Press and Vraeyda Media.
He’s currently just about making a living as a lecturer at Middlesex University. He lives with his monstrously oppressive cat named Cleopatra.
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