Thursday, March 26, 2009

Earth

John Hall Wheelock (1961)

"A planet doesn't explode of itself," said drily
The Martian astronomer, gazing off into the air—
"That they were able to do it is proof that highly
Intelligent beings must have been living there."

1 comment:

  1. emailed to me by Erica W, who makes some good poetry references every once in a while.

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