by Kelly Edgeington
We’re lassoing it back in, darning
holes needlessly and meddling,
a finger dipped in every concave.
A leaving that isn’t about freedom:
big balloon – slipped grip – this quiet squint up.
Some officials remain optimistic.
Some scientists cried at work.
They described it as allowing a slow death, –
we’re just gonna let this one go, folks – […]