Written for Round 7 of "The Third Son of Slam Contest". |
ANDROMEDA Looking above at the clear night sky one day, I saw a lovely star in a cluster decay; It might have happened eons ago, I think, The great red star seemed to suddenly shrink! I gazed spellbound, my breath just stopped, When in the Orion, this star plainly popped; I had heard supernovas were born thus, But what I saw happened without any fuss. The hunter's belt glimmered for a mo, When the star gave off a dazzling little glow, The M 31 object nearby just faded, In light of the star that had just got jaded. I am, of course, referring to Andromeda, That very galaxy, not any otha', It always was so faint, one could barely see, It was never very dand-ee. With the star next it going bang, Andro, as we'll call it, in our slang lang, Got peevish, reddened and fizzled outta sight, To put it plainly - it certainly gave me a fright! Then as the supernova burnt out, The Andromeda too peeked out Of its self-imposed quarantine, And glowed like a newly crowned queen. I looked at all this, from my small little chair, In my house there is this all personal lair, Before my eyes, Andromeda once again rose, With a twist of its tail, and a dainty little pose. I sang a dirge for the star and soon proclaimed, The star is dead, the spot is reclaimed, By that sweet little galaxy, the Andromeda, Yes, that very same beauty, and none another. © Dr. Taher Kagalwala Poet's Note: Andromeda Galaxy, also called M 31, is the galaxy nearest to our own Milky Way. It can be seen with the naked eye as a small blurry spot of light just next to the second star in the "sword" of the Orion constellation. It is shaped much like the Milky Way. Written for :
The prompt for the round was: Gazing Into The Heavens. |