By Meabh Ann McCrossan
She broke her leg once,
years ago,
and lost her job as an astronaut.
‘Turn in your space helmet
and moon shoes
pronto,’
They said,
after deciding,
all by themselves,
that all she would do now
was shatter in space.
Well, I can’t help but shatter
on earth
every day,
and yet she
in her cast,
fast-healing,
sits among the sparsiles,
asks how they’re feeling.
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