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A Fiery Creature

If there are humans on earth some years in the future They'll notice the sun has turned into a fiery red creature The sun is on a mission to eat the earth In days to come sun will swallow earth, not even burp If this is thought to be a SciFi invention It's 100% true this is the sun's intention The solar system's end comes with sun's cannibalistic feat When he's eaten the other planets as an after dinner treat The reason for such actions is sun's burning days are thru And if he's burning out the rest of his system is going too THE UNIVERSE IS STRANGER THAN IMAGINED THE UNIVERSE IS STRANGER THAN CAN BE IMAGINED What's not even mentioned is sun's other tricks to harm A coronal mass ejection and earth's bought the farm The last CME (2012) missed earth by a cosmic inch The next will hit earth and that's a cinch

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Notmy Realname

Date: 11/12/2015 11:26:00 PM

I'm new here, and I'm not exactly sure how this works, but here I go: I like this poem. May I ask, did you have some deeper meaning or intentions behind this? What was your inspiration? I can see how this could easily be a metaphor for many different things, but I'm curious as to what you meant it to be.

Elizabeth Smith
Date: 11/14/2015 1:08:00 AM

I know how you feel. Still don't have the hang myself. Glad you liked it. No deeper meaning -just sort of fact and fantasy. It's an area of interest and I try to keep from getting too technical. I place the facts in a fantastical setting