Planetarium

TOMASELLI AWARD, Runner-up

POETRY

by Adi DeBenedetto

you said it can’t be coincidental that this show was  

shown for us alone: a private display; an accidental after- 

class date. eyes wide & mouth agape—my contrarianism  

crushed by an infinite white dome skyscape. i grabbed mars &  

uranus—unraveling anxieties into moisture & delight.  

you asked if i wanted to leave soon, but i didn’t respond.  

i longed for us to stay here forever & to journey past the moon—