mare nubium

When we look up at the night sky, what do we see? What surrounds us, and what do we,
in turn, surround with the mists of our aggregate particles?

Photo by Daniel Absi: https://www.pexels.com/photo/close-up-photo-of-black-sand-952670/

mare nubium

expand

electron shell

probabilities

contract

atomic pit

singularity

inhale

black hole

exhale

stardust

sandcastles

in the sky

erosion

of solar wind

blastoff

regolith storm

anthropic

lunar weather

the universe

is a cloud

and the moon

a single drop

by Josh Pearce

Josh Pearce has published more than 200 stories, reviews, and poems in a wide variety of magazines, including Analog, Asimov’s, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Bourbon Penn, Cast of Wonders, Clarkesworld, Diabolical Plots, Kaleidotrope, Locus, Nature, On Spec, Weird Horror, and elsewhere. Find more of his writing at fictionaljosh.com.