Planetesimal
The “brilliant” minds that decided,
for themselves,
that Pluto was not really
a planet
did so with a sample size
of nine
Nine!
Nine planets in our solar system
And the sample size
drops to only eight
if you believe them
Defining what makes something
like an entire planet
based on eight or nine examples?
Pffff
I, for one, will not go along with
the wretched hive of scum and villainy
known as the International Astronomical Union,
who so abused poor Pluto,
spinning out there in the outer solar system,
minding her own damn business
What kind of “scientist”
thinks he can define
the parameters of a planet
with only eight or nine
examples to consider?
The hubris-driven,
“let’s-do-science-by-consensus” kind
The kind that push agreement
over evidence
In other words,
not scientists at all
Poor Pluto–treated
so harshly by
Earth-bound morons
And we can say that,
because the sample size
for Earth-bound morons,
based on abundant evidence,
is, as we all know, in
(at least) the tens
of millions
And that’s us being nice,
unlike those bullies at
the International Astronomical Union
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I love this! Most entertaining poem I’ve read so far today! 🙂 Poor Pluto. Isn’t she considered a planet again though? I can’t keep up!
Thank you so much, Chelsie! Governor Katie Hobbs named Pluto the “state planet” for Arizona, but those dunderheads at the IAU are continuing to keep Pluto down.
Love this!
Thank you, Leah!
love your sweet defense of Pluto
Thank you, Gaby!
maybe those dunderheads
think Pluto is just an anlme
show on Netflix
I think you must be right, Jim–thank you!
Yes!!!! Pluto will always be a planet in my heart and no one can change that. Great poem.
You and me both! Thank you for your encouragement, Mrs Ladybug!
Ha!
“Ha!” = mission accomplished. Thank you, Kevin!