io for shannon

i should ask the moon.

     how deep an impact
could the asteroid intend?

ask io.

she views the transits
of stormy planets with
cadmium eyes

     jupiter said
time would ring through
cloudy contradictions

convictions of planetesimal
ellipses are rarely
believed until burnout

and instinctual orbits
readily concern themsleves
with logical action
     when naturalism is a dream

a dream forgotten upon
a concluding eclipse
loses its importance
     in the eyes of infant dinosaurs

but although stars
disappear before
planetary faces,
     io remembers
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