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The sun started winking on and off, like a firefly calling his mate. We were all surprised when Betelgeuse answered, especially since the signal hadn't had time to make the journey. Then, suddenly, she was here, and it all went South in a hurry..
 

 

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red sun
greets the earth
even the core melts

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at the core supernova chain reaction




at the core
three-year tour
of nearby systems





camping out
at Sagittarius-A
bright nights

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The stars wheel with the seasons,
Rising, setting, and back again,
Nothing changes as the years flow by,
Yet somewhere out there,
Right now,
Stars are born and die,
Whole galaxies are sucked in
where the suns don't shine,
and soon, very soon,
even protons will start to die.

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one sun sets
and another rises
one-shadow day

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Frogs live on no evil star

Well shoot, how could they, it would be too hot!

They’d burn their little tootsies, it would be a pain,

And for another thing, on the shuttle there’s no spot,

For any two-inch froggy ass, and like as not,

If there were, no space suits could be found to fit.

And alterations sure would cost a lot.

They got there, let’s suppose that for a bit,

Once there, how would they reproduce?

There’s no pond or creek on Betelgeuse!

Besides, their food is flies, but if they lived upon the sun,

They’d starve; no Diptera are there, not one.

Send a frog to space? You’d have to be insane!

I’d rather be a doggerel-spewing poet!

Oops, I fear that hope is vain.

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naming constellations
above our new world
A.D. 300,000

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giant star

sunspots could swallow Sol

blazes like 1,000 lesser suns

but there’s a price

only the bright

die young

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Voyage of the Moon

a rogue star en route

to nowhere

might unhinge a moon

shuttles scattering

to the home

planet’s multitudes

ecliptic orbit

forgotten

the lunar discus

spinning to the stars

a cold lump

bases abandoned

preserved until

the Great Contraction

calls everything home

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neutron star high jump
trials set new record
splat