Starstruck

Photograph by Nicholas Alan Cope

In the beginning
She made it
Clear
Her dislike of astronauts.

Pure contempt
For those suited up
Flyers-
Bound for beyond
Heaven.

Their journey
The effect caused
By a rocket fuel
Explosion.

Hurdle jumping
Through space,
Exploring galaxies
and bombing the moon.

For great cause
or for country,
For space glory.

Gold medalists in
the cosmic Olympics,
With flags flying.
None of it
Could be figured out.