Like a thousand-pound Pembroke Welsh Corgiheavy as four baby elephants. The sizeof a small car; or the size of a bridge.
As big as a bus, or the size of a house. As bigas 90 elephants. The size of an Olympicswimming pool, with the width of an airfield.
Choose between one the size of Big Benor one as large as the Statue of Liberty.In gradations: As big as a plane, the size
of a 20-story building, or the Parthenon.Something heavy cometh, or must,we believe, though we may be unlikely
targets in the pebble-strewn cosmos. Considerthe hyperbolic asteroid ‘Oumuamua, interstellarscout of the glancing kiss, calling the aerial
bombardment of its companions. We’d liketo believe that. Fear is invigorating, andwe sense we have done things for which
the punishment must be oblivion. Or recallthe alien craft Apsinthos, also…
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The American Poetry Review (Digital) - 1 Issue, March/April 2024