Saturn Squeezer

A poem about a planet

Emily Wilcox
ILLUMINATION

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Photo by Serra Kiziltas

Her arms loop around it’s rings,
As she holds on with all her might.
Her cheek presses into it’s skin.
As she gazes upon the rest of the night.

It’s body like air, but different, less fresh,
She doesn’t breathe as she listens in.
Too caught up in their loving embrace,
Reflected there in her starblazing grin.

Her legs trail off, floating in space,
As she wades through waves of pure light.
She uncurls five fingers to wave at the moon,
The other hand clinging on nice and tight.

Her hair is as golden as the sun over there,
So distant its glow is cropped thin.
Smiling towards it like a crowd is in sight.
Watching her Saturn love story begin.

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Emily Wilcox
ILLUMINATION

In a parallel universe I imagine I’m an astro-archaeologer or an orange cat (either way, I’m curled up on the moon) but here, and forever, I’m a storyteller.