Utopia by Cat Dixon

Rockets shot us to the moon, and then to the red planet, so

ugly, but it was new. This was another beginning, this was 

the gift—red rocks, dust, rust, and cliffs. The red and orange

horizon darkened to blue as the sun slipped away. Dozens of

ice-clouds twinkled, and sand rippled under each step. The 

evening star, earth, sparkled as we settled in the valley for rest.

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Cat Dixon is the author of Eva and Too Heavy to Carry (Stephen F. Austin University Press, 2016, 2014) and the chapbook, Table for Two (Poet's Haven, 2019). Recent work published in Sledgehammer Lit and Whale Road Review. She is a poetry editor at The Good Life Review.