"The Approximate Distance Between" by Mark LaMonda

The moon is 30 earths away,

give or take an asteroid or 2.

I like 30, cuz I can count 30s –

     30     60     90

Glad it’s not 28

     28     56     ---

The countability makes the moon accessible.

     For     me

you     are 10s --

10     20     30     40

I can count you forever.

The moonlight is just a reflection,

but it gets here in 1.26 seconds.

Don’t make me count that.

I like the moon, blame the sun 

for the difficult sum.

You     4     me --

     instantaneous.

Your light

reflecting joy --

Amen.     Halleluiah.

1     2     3     4

Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, Mark LaMonda is an artist and writer who currently lives in Santa Clarita California. His work has appeared in Tough Poets Review, SoFloPoJo, Autumn Sky, January House and is forthcoming in Wilderness House, Soul Poetry and Blue Unicorn.