11 | Midwife Astronomers by John Grey
collisions in space
new planet under watch
of midwife astronomers
x-ray eyes
romance a washout
women just bones
central deep space time
turn clocks back one hour
what’s an hour?
green-scaled three-eyed baby
suckling at the breast
of the only mother that can love it
floating in space
face cast dark
by earth’s own shadow
John Grey
John Grey is an Australian poet, US resident, recently published in Sheepshead Review, Poetry Salzburg Review and Hollins Critic. Latest books, Leaves On Pages, Memory Outside The Head and Guest Of Myself are available through Amazon. Work upcoming in Ellipsis, Blueline and International Poetry Review.