I'm folding origami birds
from old envelopes
with stamps from the US
as if hoping they'll fly back
there & greet my friend
& blowing bubbles in my tea
Yesterday I heard
Yuri Gagarin's voice
for the first time
& thought it strange
that such a simple
sounding man should've
been allowed into Space
rather than picking a Poet
who could've made
more of it than him
the last three letters I sent
to my friend
didn't get there
so I don't trust the Post
anymore & rely
on e-mails & phone
sometimes we don't write
or speak for months or even a year
& then when we get
back in touch
it's just like
hearing from Space
Jul 30, 2015
Jul 30, 2015 at 2:25 PM UTC
I'm folding origami birds
from old envelopes
with stamps from the US
as if hoping they'll fly back
there & greet my friend
& blowing bubbles in my tea
Yesterday I heard
Yuri Gagarin's voice
for the first time
& thought it strange
that such a simple
sounding man should've
been allowed into Space
rather than picking a Poet
who could've made
more of it than him
the last three letters I sent
to my friend
didn't get there
so I don't trust the Post
anymore & rely
on e-mails & phone
sometimes we don't write
or speak for months or even a year
& then when we get
back in touch
it's just like
hearing from Space
Yuri Gagarin (Russian) was the first man to visit outer space ( this happened in 1961).
