Italo Calvino? Cosmicomics?
I thought this was pretty interesting actually, but the one thing I can't get out of my mind is that this was inspired by Italo Calvino's "Cosmicomics." There's a short story in that collection which talks about the moon being close enough to take a ladder to it, a man who fell in love with the moon, and the woman who fell in love with him. If it is inspired by Calvino I just think you should mention that--if it isn't I think you may want to pick up that book and read it (it's pretty good).