100419c

School field trip to the hang glider launch pad at the end of the cylinder. They wouldn't let us fly (said we were too young), but at least we weren't in class, staring out the window at cinder Earth.

062319b

there is something missing
some element, or enzyme, or bacterium
the plants are dying
they have sun, they have water,
they have all the minerals we know to give them
but they wither, turn brown,
break apart and blow way
on the artificial breeze

If Earth still lived
and there were agronomists
maybe the problem could be solved
before we were all gone

As it is
this is the last space habitat
soon we will be eating each other
and then no one will be left
unless bacteria still live
miles below the surface
of our murdered planet

060319d

crabgrass
gains a foothold
habitat 1

rigorous precautions
taken at the spaceport

Purple spider wort
nods beneath each window
worse: my dog has fleas