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the astronaut

morpheus poses a riddle before
he will open his arms to me, asks me
how far i will go. i tell him i want
to be a forgetful astronaut,
drifting in a quiet and weightless place,
that i’m tired of the choice between being
tuned to the moon or stuck on static, that
i’ve run out of places to hide my mind
while my body pretends to be present.
take me to a new frequency instead,
daylight savings make no difference in space.
let it leave me behind as i fall off
the edge of the world, eidolon among
the constellations, sleeping at last.
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