You touched me

You touched me  the way

I wanted you to

The way I wished you would

You read my mind,

—And you touched me

Your fingers moved along the ridges

of my galaxy in search of the ignition:

old crate of dynamite

hidden in the shed

sweats with glycerin

delicate to movement

so my love is for you

Drop that box, start a bang,

kick start a star to life!

Use all fingers to read me

as a mystery novel

written in Braille,

every bump, knob and dip

a conjunction closer to knowing

the riddle of Eve

This new Hubble image shows the scatterings of bright stars and thick dust that make up spiral galaxy Messier 83, otherwise known as the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy. One of the largest and closest barred spirals to us, this galaxy is dramatic and mysterious; it has hosted a large number of supernova explosions, and appears to have a double nucleus lurking at its core.