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.