The earth is getting fatter

I saw a meteor shower last night

bright fireballs tumbling low in the sky

it was an awesome sight to behold

the Perseus meteor shower is an annual event

remnants of and old comet hurling chunks of rocks at the earth

like kids throwing pebbles into a lake

scientists say we get 17,000 meteorites a year

that’s a lot of space dust added to all the rocks we already have on earth

the earth is steadily getting fatter day by day

time to put our planet on a diet and exercise plan

otherwise we will spin out of control

a program of rock carrying rocket launches is needed

hurling some of our rocks back into space

like the lake throwing pebbles back towards those kids

its the only way to achieve net zero in stabilizing the mass of our planet

Poetry in solar sytem motion

Life on the Sun

Is not much fun

Too hot during the day

Only night dwellers they say

Doctors on Mercury

Perform expert microsurgery

Nothing there incurable

So very mercurial

Folks on Venus

Have never seen us

Far too busy

Keeping themselves prissy 

Inhabitants on Earth

Have excess girth

Living in cities

Designed by committees

People on Mars

Drive fast cars

All shopping for bargains

Those thrifty Martians

Life on Jupiter

Is primeval soupiter

No intelligent life

Bacteria are rife

Its so cold on Saturn

 Everybody has freezer burn

Far from the sun

Must keep your coat on

Prisoners on Uranus

Committed crimes most heinous  

Shedding no tears

While incarcerated for years

Choirs of Neptune

Always sing out of tune

A choral disaster

For a Neptunian choirmaster