by Anna M
‘Laika was the very first animal to make an orbital spaceflight around Earth to show the world the true power of the USSR. It was settled on achieving this by planning an orbital flight - with a dog.’
Left with a kiss on the nose before closing the hatch
‘Little bug’, ‘muttnik’
Purest victim of man's purest evil.
Were the streets of Moscow
kinder to you than we were?
You told me i'll reach the stars and I will,
I will, I will, I will
journey across the earth
Travel whatever distance you ask of me
Discover the cosmos,
Worship the hand that feeds.
You know they took her home for a day beforehand?
A taste of true life, domesticality
placed within her jaws then ripped away.
Perhaps we were the true animals.
Her body yearned for a home, instead her soul echos within shuttles and machines.
‘dead by the fourth circuit of flight - overheating’
Sputnik 2, oh how you failed her.
You know they requested a window be built
So that you could glimpse at the world below.
Is that enough for you to forgive us, Laika?
I don't feel lonely
knowing you are with me
Within your curious machine, built for me.
Your burning kiss resides on my nose
And I begin to wonder if space is meant to be this hot.
Star explorer, pioneer of the universe, master of none
My little Laika, write back
Tell me how space is
how it welcomed you
Tell me how your soul is free
And chasing comets forevermore.
‘One small step for man’
But oh what a great leap it was for you, Laika.
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