Why I Landed on the Moon

I remember how our bodies used to touch

There are conflagrations on the moon
that no one witnesses and so
no one believes

Still I remember

There are angles that reporters used to use
but I am not one now

I watch a duck's wake crossing a reflection
and I know the angle that it makes
is all I ever knew

I have a madness I would like to spread
across the universe like peanut butter

which is I love the universe and you
and peanut butter
inseparably

and can't be bothered
to explain
why anyone should care

or why I landed on the moon
and lit a fire that means to burn
the dark side down forevermore

16 April 2026
Texas Jim
Prospect, Nova Scotia