sonnet for Philae
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Did Philae kiss mama Rosetta good-bye
as he left home to fly in space below,
to a destiny on Churyumov-Gerasimenko
moving in orbit round the sun near-by?Did Philae ever know the comet's glow
is only sunlight on a icy tail's flow,
or that he was the first comet lander
sent to be a hero for science grander?Was Philae afraid the harpoon he bore
might shatter on the barren rock-core,
and the comet's weak gravity not hold,
and so lost-in-space's tragedy unfold?And if Churyumov-Gerasimenko's hungry,
and Philae a bonne collation à manger?« I am putting myself to the fullest possible use which is all, I think, that any conscious entity can ever hope to do » HAL (Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer) in "2001, A Space Odyssey"
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Did Philae kiss mama Rosetta good-bye
as he left home to fly in space below,
to a destiny on Churyumov-Gerasimenko
moving in orbit round the sun near-by?Did Philae ever know the comet's glow
is only sunlight on a icy tail's flow,
or that he was the first comet lander
sent to be a hero for science grander?Was Philae afraid the harpoon he bore
might shatter on the barren rock-core,
and the comet's weak gravity not hold,
and so lost-in-space's tragedy unfold?And if Churyumov-Gerasimenko's hungry,
and Philae a bonne collation à manger?« I am putting myself to the fullest possible use which is all, I think, that any conscious entity can ever hope to do » HAL (Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer) in "2001, A Space Odyssey"
What's impressive about that is, you managed to write each line the same length. I've not seen that style of poetry before. :) Marc
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Did Philae kiss mama Rosetta good-bye
as he left home to fly in space below,
to a destiny on Churyumov-Gerasimenko
moving in orbit round the sun near-by?Did Philae ever know the comet's glow
is only sunlight on a icy tail's flow,
or that he was the first comet lander
sent to be a hero for science grander?Was Philae afraid the harpoon he bore
might shatter on the barren rock-core,
and the comet's weak gravity not hold,
and so lost-in-space's tragedy unfold?And if Churyumov-Gerasimenko's hungry,
and Philae a bonne collation à manger?« I am putting myself to the fullest possible use which is all, I think, that any conscious entity can ever hope to do » HAL (Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer) in "2001, A Space Odyssey"
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Did Philae kiss mama Rosetta good-bye
as he left home to fly in space below,
to a destiny on Churyumov-Gerasimenko
moving in orbit round the sun near-by?Did Philae ever know the comet's glow
is only sunlight on a icy tail's flow,
or that he was the first comet lander
sent to be a hero for science grander?Was Philae afraid the harpoon he bore
might shatter on the barren rock-core,
and the comet's weak gravity not hold,
and so lost-in-space's tragedy unfold?And if Churyumov-Gerasimenko's hungry,
and Philae a bonne collation à manger?« I am putting myself to the fullest possible use which is all, I think, that any conscious entity can ever hope to do » HAL (Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer) in "2001, A Space Odyssey"
Here is a title idea To Rosetta, Going to Churyumov-Gerasimenko Inspired by: To Lucasta, Going to The Wars by Richard Lovelace
Make it simple, as simple as possible, but not simpler.