Brian Hill

Brian's last bio reads: "Brian Hill can see three palm trees, a church, and the turquoise blue San Francisco Bay from his Berkeley apartment. He edits Sour Grapes Online Literary Magazine (http://www.ccnet.com/~bhill/created/) and has appeared in print in vari ous places, but not enough to make you envious. He likes chess and will travel to another planet." He can be reached at bhill@ccnet.com.

NOTES FROM 1000 YEARS HENCE

once there was a great nation

they built a rocket

put a trumpet player on it

Satchmo

the Apollo

he walked

on the Moon

his cheeks filled

with air