From The Lost Cosmonauts. Published by Book*hug in 2018. Ken Hunt’s work has appeared in Chromium Dioxide, Freefall, No Press, Spacecraft Press, Rampike and Matrix. He is working on a PhD at Western University.

Prepare
cognac and sausage to go
with the moonshine.
See you tomorrow.
Roger, uh, bu–
Uh-oh.
Get us out.
It was my fault.
No one else
is to blame.