The Man in the Moon

Have you ever wondered

if the man in the moon gets lonely sometimes

and conjures up imaginary friends

from the stars?

Or if he, dressed in his best suit,

goes out to lunch with

Saturn and Neptune?

Maybe there's a woman on the far side of the moon

who keeps him company

and keeps him warm

(It can get very cold in space)

Did it hurt,

when probes crash landed on his face

and when astronauts

plonked their feet into his forehead?
Those scars won't go away

There's nothing he can take

to ease the pain

of those footprints,

those crash landings,

those flag poles poking into his skin.

He can't scream if it hurts

But maybe the wolves,

when they howl,

are doing it for him.