Rocket Science
A poem about boots, love, and rocket science
3 min readJan 17, 2024
Rocket Science
I
These boots were made for walking
down row after row of corn and soybeans
looking for pests and diseases,
for soil sampling acre after acre of fields
Rocket Science
I
These boots were made for walking
down row after row of corn and soybeans
looking for pests and diseases,
for soil sampling acre after acre of fields
Author of poetry book Horizons (Atmosphere Press). Queer artist in Nebraska, parent, twin, bipolar, sensory sensitivity, synesthesia, PTSD, MS in Agronomy