Kristen Rouisse: It's the Way the Moon Misses

Photo: Joanna C. Valente

APOLLO 11

It’s the way

the moon misses the men                                                                    who don’t touch her

 nearly as                                                                                                                      often as

she needs to                                                                                                     be touched.

It might have been televised,

but                               goddamn

it felt good.

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Kristen Rouisse (she/her) received her MFA in poetry at the University of South Florida, where she’s currently a Visiting Instructor. Her poetry and nonfiction have appeared in RHINO Poetry, Glass Poetry Press, Hobart, Lunch Ticket, and elsewhere. She tweets at @KristenRouisse.