Just another One Night Stand – 2016AD
by Charles Christian
galaxy tripping space tourist
adrift in a gravity free pleasure dome
you laughed out loud at my corny chat-up lines
but I saw in your eyes you’d been lonely too long
spending your alimony on a cruise to the stars
when all you wanted was someone to hold
tugging at zips, with eagerly exploring hands
shedding clothes and inhibitions on the way
yearning bodies entwined in weightless ecstasy
our lovemaking became an aerial ballet
afterwards floating together like spoons
til the hum of star drives said you had to leave
languidly you dressed, I took you back to your ship
one final kiss, a smile, then we waved our goodbyes
was I the love of your life, could you have been mine?
too late now, six hundred light years lie between us
if you ever return to this relativity
you’ll find only dust in a time-worn tomb