Unreachable, less known than Mars.
So proudly you floated
Until being demoted,
Dear Pluto, you're ice among stars.
Update 4/20: I stand corrected...it appears that the debate about Pluto continues. Dear Pluto may not be an ice chunk after all! Thanks for the comment of clarification, Laurel!
And after some google searching, it also appears that there are entire websites dedicated to limericks about space and science! I'm totally intrigued/confused/in awe at the human race. I love people.
you are freaking hilarious. If only I could shrink you to polly pocket size- I'd keep you on my desk. Well, now that I think about it, that might be a little weird. But you get the picture.
ReplyDeleteI love it!!! Especially the demoted part. God damn you are good at these.
ReplyDeleteOkay next week, in honor of Bridget coming to visit, your word willl be: cowboy.
As in, B's favorite song from the summer of '04, save a horse, ride a cowboy.
Good limerick, but Pluto still is a planet. Only four percent of the IAU voted on the demotion, and most are not planetary scientists. Their decision was opposed by hundreds of professional astronomers led by Dr. Alan Stern, Principal Investigator of NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto.
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