Preemptive Sadness

Georgia Lowe

My kid wants to go to space

as kids do

And I

because I am her biggest fan

think she might

I tell anyone who will listen that

I will be very proud/

devastated

when she is of the first

to colonize

Mars

I do not want her to go

For me, Earth is

fathomless enough

with all its

love

and

grief

Georgia is an MFA student, yoga teacher, coffee shop employee, and mom. She wanted to name her kid Andromeda but was vetoed.