Green Comet
Robert René Galván
It last appeared to the Neanderthal, hurled from beyond the Oort, a great loop embraced our ascent against the longevity of the horseshoe crab, the secretive coelacanth, our journey through art and war, creation and destruction as our artifice reeled beyond stone toward the realm of un-reality – When it returns we will have vanished into the cloud, but the crustacean will still be drawn by the waning moon to lay its cache upon the shore.
The science inspiring the piece:
'A Bright Green "Christmas Comet" Will Fly the Closest to Earth in Centuries' - The New York Times
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