Saturday 21 April 2018

SONNET LV - COMFORT ZONE

Move but a little closer to our sun
and like our neighbor Venus, it is hell
The boiling seas and air would be no fun
Our Earth would be too oven-like to dwell
Stray but a little further out in space
and like our red friend Mars, it’s far too chill
The Earth would be a much more frigid place
and we’d pay such a monthly heating bill
But fate has put us in a comfy box
where we get just enough of our sun’s light
and like the tale of little Goldilocks
for life on earth, the distance is just right
    The zone of comfort is so very small
    We’re lucky there is life on Earth at all

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