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"Mars Poetica"

"Imagine you’re on Mars,
looking at earth, a swirl of colors in the distance.
Tell us what you miss most, or least.
Let your feelings rise to the surface.
Skim that surface with a tiny net.  
Now you’re getting the hang of it.
Tell us your story slantwise, streetwise,
 in the disguise of an astronaut in his suit.
Tell us something we didn’t know before:
how words mean things we didn’t know we knew."

written by Wyn Cooper, April 2012