Some Spirits Have Been Around Longer Than Other Spirits, Daniel Hand
Daniel Hand
Originally published in Alien Mouth (2017)
The universe is doing well. There are many planets. There are many planets we cannot see. Planets with names like MOA-2007-BLG-192Lb.
In the Milky Way galaxy there are 100 to 400 billion planets. If you want to name a planet you can. Name it anything you want.
A person on Earth looks at a computer screen. The person is Larry Page. Larry Page has named two planets. Larry Page is looking at his computer screen thinking about eternity, non-existence, prostate cancer. Larry Page is going to die. In his next life, he hopes to be a Solitary Eagle, Harpyhaliaetus solitarius. He will live in South America, soar above the Peruvian rain forest.
Elsewhere, a person in a two-bedroom house watches a movie and laughs. Another person hides under a blanket and reads. Between the visible stars are more stars. Between Larry Page and the tree is twenty feet. Between Larry Page’s mind and the world is his skin.
Daniel’s work has appeared in Tragickal, X-R-A-Y, Faded Out, Maudlin House, and others.
Read more of his work at Neutral Spaces. He’s also on Twitter: https://twitter.com/danielnhand.