My floor was a map
and the only light on was the slow burning yellow of my closet,
illuminating the crisp outlines of the continents.
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We learn the solar system like it’s on a plane:
flat, horizontal, beyond but not below,
Andromeda due west, Alpha Centauri east,
Helios running bowling ball sunshine down the alley to Pluto and Quaoar, Sedna and Haumea,
all knocked out of the game out of technicality
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