by Julia Griffin

“Dolphins welcome NASA astronauts stuck in space back to earth”
—NASA TV

Welcome, my fellow-humans, gone so long!
(So long, in fact, one could have given birth.)
Don’t let these cheerful dolphins steer you wrong;
There have been certain changes here on earth.

Oh, dolphins’ lives are crazy, honestly:
They live where they can’t breathe! But understand,
To be a mammal underneath the sea
These last few months beat being one on land.