Thursday, September 4, 2014

Old Comets


The Comet, a small solar system body
Of unstable ices, with eccentric orbits,
(sounds a little like me)—
Have long tails of gases and dust,
Born in the Kuiper Belt, usually—
Old comets, like me, are called asteroids,
That’s when we lose most of our hot-blooded
Vitality!...

No: 4538/9-3-2014