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neptune
i just need to know you’re safe––
spinning in and out of orbit
flashing in the corner of my eye
please be honest with yourself
oh, come back to me, you’re nothing but a little blue planet
and i’m the sun
when you twirl away i watch your methane forearms shine
why don’t you just come inside, take a few breaths
away from the helium in your mind, let me shine on your surface
a moment, a millennium
if not for you, then for me––
one day i will become the supernova i always feared
one day i will strip the atmosphere from your surface and return you to atoms
so for these next few eons
spin slowly, my dear
do not let the blue overtake you

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