a Pondering on Ponderous Pilgrims * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * (a Preposterous Celestial Lament)

conflicted by his
orbiting affections,
tending towards shyness
rather more than he ought
whenever he's pulled
into Earth's opposition
our second cousin Saturn
is inclined to be distraught.

the arc of revolution
sends him into a spin,
where ringing with conjecture
he's crossly overwrought.
thus frazzled and bright,
he stays up half the night
but finds himself unable
to resolve a single thought.
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- Evan Hawthorn, the 17^th of June, 2017