precovery

tonight is unlike all other nights
because you are here.

seventeen clicks east off the northernmost star of lyra
en route to the shin of the great hero
i discovered a comet that was, by and large, the curtain opening
the eye waking, the last second of a toaster oven
that moment of everything between the best thing and you
you winked at me
"make a wish!"
i wished i could kiss you
they don't work when you say them out loud, apparently

but to the you that was up there
i hope you didn't forget to pick up the camera when you flew by
take pictures of the temperamental venus for me
stare into the sunspot, as close as you can
meet me back at mars, try not to crash into ceres
show me the eye of jupiter, the head of saturn
the great sea of neptune, the first and last love of pluto

i want, too, to bite at the cold freedom that will change you
when you leave the grip of our indifferent sunlight
and glow as you wear the void
i'll rediscover you every night.