I rose up this morning with Trappist-1.
In the place I live, it's like your sun.
I don't take where I live for granite.
How are things going on your planet?
M en are from Mars Women are from Venus
A liens not speaking common language
R adio frequencies needing to be adjusted
S coring highest when both dials land on Love
AP: 3rd place 2022, Honorable Mention 2021
There can be no beginning without end
Point in time, point in space
Eternity spesical chronologic blend
Which something starts, stop time embraced
Final part period in times
Further extremes unwind
Part of point something
Interplanetary pumpkin
Resulting goals seeks to achieve
Interplanetary spaces hard to believe
2/25/18
Written by James Edward Lee Sr.2018©
Last night I was listening to the moon
I tasted honey at the end of the spoon
I felt the warm glow of the stars
I was the picture of the Sahara on Mars
I bought you diamond earrings
They are enjoyed by earthlings
Thought they’d complement your Venus
They cover the surface on Uranus
Your satellites have been nonresponsive
You know, universal calls are so expensive (ha, ha!)
My signal is escalated to mayday
Or are you mad at me maybe? (he, he!)
I’ve launched my love into outter space
Suspended animation was the other choice
Alien and human relationships, hey?!
Your species' contaminated my DNA
They’ve got me under quarantine
They say, “It’s just routine!”
Light years apart, interplanetary
You’re the cure to my agony
I hope to view it all today,
Each planet’s just a whoosh away;
Revving engines, whams and bams,
Spaceships stuck in traffic jams;
Writing postcards seems so strange,
Waiting for the lights to change;
I hope to view it all today,
Each planet’s just a whoosh away…
Jack Horne for Nette’s Stardust in an Octelle contest, 5th July
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