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Pluto’s Defense

John Nichols

Poetry
Science Fiction

        It’s dark, my only company is
        Charon, who keeps his distance.
        Winter brings methane showers—
        it’s not just distance that keep

        Nix and Hydra away.  Sometimes
        I come closer but you would rather
        spend time with Neptune than ever
        think of me.  When you do, you

        argue about what I am, as if it
        matters what you decide.  Don’t
        you know your history?  I am
        a god.  I will be what I will be.

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John Nichols is a high school Social Studies teacher in Cleveland who hopes some day to lead his classes on a field trip to a black hole.

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