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the ruddy sun

rose and rose and rose

the boiling seas

 

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moon shadows chase each other

across frozen skies

each child's task undone

their mother's eyes cold as her heart

bones huddle and crack under their

coverlet of ancient earth

father opens his large red eye

bares her with burning love

sparks dance, wink out

our stars look much the same

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red sun
greets the earth
even the core melts

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The last few of them, living miles below the surface, and subsisting on residual geothermal heat and edible fungi, at first welcomed the warmth of red-giant Sol.

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According to these old records, the sun used to be yellow, and didn't fill the entire sky in daytime.

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red-giant sunburn
when Sol kisses Earth
we put on SPF 500,000

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Earth moved to Jupiter's orbit
waiting for the sun
to go all red giant
on its buttocks
thawing air
by Jove's light
each morning

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once in 10 billion
Pluto's day in the sun
ice palaces gone

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Red giant
Warms the cockles
Of Neptune's heart
Perfect for a brand-new biosphere

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the sun's corona
kisses Earth
finally
red
lips burn
the crust away

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does the day lily bulb love
each of its mayfly children
the mayfly does
she fights for every second
her epic poetry
is like haiku
her haiku, an antenna dip
Gaia's long love song to her progeny
ends with a red giant's kiss