Sarah CR Clark

When the end comes
you can have my standard-issue space suit

I would rather refashion my skin
into a cuttlefish here at home

adapting at the speed of thought
NOW red with bumps  to blend into coral

NOW pulse black and white to hypnotize
I will glide through the turquoise sea  

not the ruddy dust of Mars
in a clinically sterile rover

NOW toasted white rough like sand
to soar within this inner space

plucking fresh crab with my tentacles
inking with the sheer joy of being earthbound

Sarah CR Clark is a writer and former Lutheran pastor living in Minnesota. She is a winner of the St. Paul Sidewalk Poetry Contest and has published poetry in the St. Paul Almanac; newspaper articles in the Park Bugle; and theological writings with Augsburg Fortress Press. A certified Master Naturalist, she can often be found adventuring with her family near Lake Superior.