from beyond
its steps ordered
pulled by powers
too vast too distant
too subtle
for earth’s instruments
to take measure
her intellects to grasp
II
born in space
my frigid form
centuries passed, chemically inert
until at last my sun
pulls me in close
its heat on my skin
thawing my icy core
my jets, ignited
light the night sky
Shelly Bryant
Saturn, and His Heir
“Saturn and Jupiter combined account for 92% of the entire planetary mass in the solar system.”
(http://theplanets.org/saturn/)
– for the 1%
of the eight, maybe nine
gathered here
two hoard the bulk of resources
leaving even less than a tithe
from their coffers, to be split
by the remaining congregants
like all greedy giants
and other failed stars
they float, without face
