Pitiful Pluto
We used to think that Pluto was the far,
Far, farthest planet of them all. Today
We know from telescopes that distant star
And distant star have planets as their prey
That cannot ever find escape. These spheres,
These exoplanets might become star food
If solar orbs expand with laughing fleers
And roast and char and eat them all unchewed.
The telescopes have now degraded clamped
Old Pluto. Scientists now say that it
Is not a planet, meaner now and cramped,
So far away that it is hardly lit.
Besides, poor Pluto rates as one mere speck,
The forty trillionth exoplanet fleck.
~ Phillip Whidden
by phillipw | Apr 3, 2025 | EX, PL |