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Published by Associate Editor on May 12, 2014. This item is listed in Issue 22, Issue 22 Poetry, Poetry

Red Truths

by Robert Frazier

 

 

red-truths
Speaking strictly for me
In that storm during Martian summer
On the flanks of Olympus Mons
I felt a definite sea change
Now I’m caught in your undertow

Dark dust battered our faceplates
While the syrups of our imperiled souls
Co-mingled so sweetly that day
Our voices statically whispering the verity
Of our circumstance in our heads

Now you’re lost in the North Polar Basin
Out of radio contact
I leave the lights in the air locks
Permanently on full burn
And await your return

 

BIO: Robert Frazier is the author of eight books of poetry, and a three-time winner of the Rhysling Award for poetry. He has won an Asimov’s Reader Award and has been on the final ballot for a Nebula Award for fiction. His books include Perception Barriers, The Daily Chernobyl, and Phantom Navigation (2012). His 2002 poem, “A Crash Course in Lemon Physics,” was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. His long poem, “Wreck-Diving the Starship,” was a runner-up for a 2011 Rhysling Award. Recent works have appeared in Asimov’s Science Fiction, Dreams & Nightmares, and Strange Horizons.

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