Astronomers have discovered
the 280-mile wide
dwarf planet "2012 VP113"
with an orbit so big
it never gets closer
than 12 billion kilometers
from the Sun
and that they have
nicknamed "Biden"
after our beloved Joe.
The star-gazers speculate
that there may exist
a "Super Earth"
up to 10 times our size
that orbits the Sun
at such a great distance
it has not yet been seen.
Space news
always gives us humans
a unifying break
from our earthly
ideological struggles
but this poet
would advise the namers
of the dwarf planet
to brainstorm a new one
right quick
before Fox News
in its fair and balanced
and nuanced way
implicates Biden
in covering up Obama's
true place of birth.
This poem © 2014 Emily Cooper.
