I miss you

 
In seconds
this room, will fill with flames
licking every molecule of air
inhaling all of it
The empty space
would suck back
rending the flame apart
if not for a ready gush
exploring, making friends
with nitrogen

-------
-5 minutes earlier

A space aged Roman candle
On the tip, sit space-people
ready for five hundred pounds
to holdfast their bones

One speaks, voice echoes
'I need to know
What's Diane's lunch?'
-'Copy that Tim, I'll see

-Columbia five minutes'

-'Romaine Caesar salad
-don't worry, you're distracted'
'I wish'... I picture
in motion her starburst lips
soft patient breath
fogging silverware
tomato babe in her teeth

-'Four minutes'

Bursting it with a laugh
she leans in
Her eyes fill the room
speckled blue,
with depth of galaxies
whispers to empty space
beside my ear

-'Three minutes'

'Lets go dance across
a sandy beach
just like the moon,
enjoy being free...
Reckless curves are ridden
by her dress as it clings
and slides on G-force hips

-'Two minutes'

In the room, the dress
gravitates down her sides
catches on areola cluster
trace parabolic curves
slips to a floor vortex

-'One minute'

Time is heavy before
such illustration
She rushes, fist first
as for a fight

-'ready for flight
-t-en, ni-ne'

I'm lost, but losing it
Steady, with loose footing

-'ei-ght, sev-en'

Swept away by rapids
on an inflatable chair

-'si-x, fi-ve'

Wide twinkling smile
Kilometers apart, we could almost touch

-'fo-ur, thr-ee'

Pitch black of your crows feet
Feel my throttle heartbeat

-'tw-o '

one-second-one-second-two-hundred-million-miles
one-second-ten-years-of-imaginary-smiles-one-second? no..!

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13 months later

'to control, transmit
three months! Think we made it
Though Mars, might not be
impressed, by barely mobile
all too docile blobs

If it knew where we came from
long days/years training
sacrifice without change
I can say I am proud!'
-'We all are, and standing behind you