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And that, my dears, is why the rings

The planet collected moons:

two became three, then four, then five

as the children grew more numerous,

naturally, they shrank;

with crowding came strife

they butted heads

and other parts

till there were so many

chips off the old blocks

their parent felt surrounded

but this was a product of two dimensional thinking

after all, the poles saw nothing but clear sky

and stars

and the moons?

nought but dust now