Celestial Bodies
by Julia Gagliardi
a lunar crater a chunk of rocky crust a cryptogamic layer of erosion
the moon has no atmosphere of oxygen and gas to
protect
& safeguard
its smooth shape from impacting bodies.
dust, settles on bounces clean light in a bowl-shaped
quickly peeling
ricocheting back and forth, hitting the dove-white, dove
-grey, dove-cream
surface of the moon.
a bird recoils inside its own feathers
soft, dewy
Celestial bodies of light
bouncing wall to wall
a rebound
and hand to hand and
cheek to cheek
not gone, but at present to be filled
with a laugh that is
full
a pot of water, boiling,
a roll of yet-to-be-developed film
there is a full moon
not just one night
always full
bouncing light
into window frames
in glass bottles
in the eyes of lovers, friends
and light refracts
& reflects.
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