Jay Allard - Colombia 2003

They thought of deep-cratered wreckage
Wormhole mouths agape
Vermillion dots on radar;
A scattered mess of bloodspots

Out in the lizard-linked desert
A scrawny birdform ambles airbourne
Survival brained just like us

And so in the town of the astronauts
Earthbound, house proud spouses
Cradle heavy photo frames

The media hawks went feeding
While a runway lay abeyant
Thronging with tiny insects
Stretching empty to vanishing point

Jay Allard

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