Landing

Where was I when Neil Armstrong walked on the moon?
I was in my mother’s belly. She was 7 months pregnant with me.
On the moon.
As an observer for Rigel, she just calmly watched, and sent back hyperwaves home.
Later, after I was born and ate her corpse, I went back over her memories of the event.
Pausing on the ladder… and then those immortal words.
Mother was listening to the signal, but accidentally left an open microphone.
Her gasp when Neil said “a man” disrupted things a bit.
I pat my belly. “Be careful with open mikes, child.”