in sports socks only
in sports socks only
the girl with the blue demon eyes
mouthed come hither in Finnish
and the boy with the giant
imagination came to her
in a leap for mankind
nothing passed between them
but snow
and a long rocket full of biota
for Mars
he’d guessed she’d said something else
but her warmth denied his giant
imagination so her
skin had to be enough
and he shut his eyes and thought
nothing of it