Evolution

Fussy britches
some restrained star purpling her moon
introducing a startled ape to
   the black void
a musical emptiness
red button blinking
barking orders into the microphone
a pornography of loneliness

second separation
low earth orbit

first separation
first man
ripped from his mother's sanctuary
   in the Garden
a nothing
a fish
a monkey
a person

a nothing.

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