Sea of Rains

Saint Paul, 3 January 2006

Late October, early November

We journey through ribbons of particles

Taurids hurled from the constellation Taurus

Pepper us like an inner-stellar sneeze

Space dust disintegrates to dazzling streaks

Reports of fireballs light up NASA phone banks

Like a 70 kilogram T-N-T blasts outward to

Overflow the Sea of Rains