your grandfather
'called the story
of how we met;
never forgetting,
certain, fixed details.
minors . . .
at college; while still
in our press experience.
caught him . . .
on vhs cassette, telling
another from his long-
winded indian folklore;
others do not go, so
fully, to particulars;
though many
won't know.
. . . moony
old man, who was
swiss as cheese; no,
scandinavian; & pied.
ahead for the mission,
which touched
-down;
then, spied
it up; but, only
ate corners off
the livid and dead.
which pale
nation can't
fund an ancient program;
stranding all colonies
that haven't yet
been manned?
these lithe blondes;
surrogate earth delegates
—victims,
recreated fat—
at scenes familiar,
as crimes; lines
drawn to floors
bodies in each slip.
lips . . .
running . . .
like weak blood.