“dark matter is like the space between people”from Tracy K. Smith, ‘Life on Mars’, Graywolf Press, 2011 My friend Stephanie died last February. She moved to France several years ago, although we phoned and wrote to each other often. We first met when I was out walking my little terrier (who died eighteen years ago) […]
Tag: Life on Mars
Singing in Space
Earth has been dead for a century, and all humans with it. Or so we believe. All that is left of the final expedition is our colony of souls on Mars. Only mouths are we. Who sings the distant heart which safely exists in the centre of all things? That is the question we ask […]