I know this isn't a poetry thread but the following poem, hosted at my home thread link listed in my sig, was inspired by a link a FB friend Kristin posted, the link in the OP. I think it is relevant to the topic.
Beam Me Up Scuti, By Brian37 (AKA Brian James Rational Poet on FB and @Brianrrs37 on twitter)
Residing in
A constilation
Given the name
That of Scutum
The moon looks at Earth
"You're bigger than me"
Jupiter responds
"That's nothing you see"
Our sun looks at Jupiter
"Who do you think you are"
Canis Majoris responds
"I'm bigger by far"
UY Scuti
A hyper Red Giant
Looks at the puny
In utter defiance
1, 708 Solar Radii
1.5 billion miles
In diameter
Makes our sun cry
5 billion times
The mass of the sun
If swapped out
"Jupiter you're done"
Billions of stars
In our galaxy alone
Hundreds of billions
In our universe known
And old fantasms
Pester us still
Morbid tribalism
Excuses to kill
Scuti cares not
Nor Canis Majoris
About our outpost
This speck of dust
Beam Me Up Scuti, By Brian37 (AKA Brian James Rational Poet on FB and @Brianrrs37 on twitter)
Residing in
A constilation
Given the name
That of Scutum
The moon looks at Earth
"You're bigger than me"
Jupiter responds
"That's nothing you see"
Our sun looks at Jupiter
"Who do you think you are"
Canis Majoris responds
"I'm bigger by far"
UY Scuti
A hyper Red Giant
Looks at the puny
In utter defiance
1, 708 Solar Radii
1.5 billion miles
In diameter
Makes our sun cry
5 billion times
The mass of the sun
If swapped out
"Jupiter you're done"
Billions of stars
In our galaxy alone
Hundreds of billions
In our universe known
And old fantasms
Pester us still
Morbid tribalism
Excuses to kill
Scuti cares not
Nor Canis Majoris
About our outpost
This speck of dust
