Explosion

Meteorites smash into the moon.
On June 18th 1178 perhaps
observed by Gervase of Canterbury and four fellow monks
four hundred forty years before Galileo’s telescope.
Or they would have known the truth.
Or on March 19, 2013 captured by NASA,
while a bus crashed in Maharashta, tornadoes touched down in Oklahoma, mudslides wracked Rio de Janeiro.
Or February 23, 2023 captured
by Daichi Fujii, curator of the Hiratsuka City Museum
with cameras almost unimaginable in 1609.
And yet 2800kg of meteorite smashes daily
a hippopotamus exploding daily, sounds loony
although that’s why there are no hippos on the moon.

Hat Tip to Reena’s Explosions in Creative Writing