On Our Place in the Universe~Milky Way Morning

Milky Way Morning

One autumn morning,
an unremarkable star
rises upon an insignificant planet

spinning its way through billions
of neighborhood stars.

Within this Milky Way suburb brimming
with brilliance–

globular clusters
supernovas
pulsars–

this particular planet
is the only one we know
to boast

trees

which redden;

blush.

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