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We spin
polyimide film and beryllium 
into sunshields thin as hair;
set gold mirror to sail on armed ships.
With the river dredged,
the whites of fish eyes look like scattered stars.
Their bodies flop on muddy
banks.  Overshot by billions
rockets launch, ripping into space.
Silver dollars and catfish behold their final sky,
and through the biggest telescope
we will see further than any—
to the vanishing point,
to the infinite,
to ourselves
staring right back.

Ioanna Gika is a Greek American musician and poet. She has performed at festivals such as Coachella, and her writing has appeared in places such as The Creative Independent and Oberon Poetry Magazine. Recently, her lyrics were quoted by Booker Prize winner Arundhati Roy in “The Ministry Of Utmost Happiness.” She is located in California where she is signed to Sargent House.