22/52: #whathappensonEarthstaysonEarth

if a star booked a week's vacation on Earth
(7 days, six nights, spacefare not included)
and racked up the millions of light years
on her miles account

why would she take the form of a human?

weak, slow, half blind and stone deaf
by comparison
to the other package options.

the marketing department of
Celestial Leisure and Recreation, LLC
would be better to offer her
something beneath the ocean -
perhaps a blue whale -
to dive beneath the sea

something completely foreign to her experience -
to be embraced on all sides -
held and caressed by the water
as she ribboned through the private dark,
or gluttenously passed through clouds of plankton -
mouth wide, swallow and
rush.

she would crave something other
than the wide open expanse,
not to see her sisters would be such a treat -

she would have stories to post on
the stellar social media when she returned,
but they would be vague with innuendo
about someone dark and strong,
but mysteriously musical and filled with song,
concluding with that new old slogan,

#whathappensonEarthstaysonEarth



Audio: https://soundcloud.com/mbonica/whathappensonearthstaysonearth