Organic molecules
containing carbon
have been detected
on the Comet 67P
or "Churyumov-Gerasimenko"
by the European Space Agency's
robotic lander Philae
about a week
after it landed
on the comet's nucleus.
Meanwhile Senate Democrats
in the US
blocked by one vote
a bill that would have approved
the construction
of the Keystone XL Pipeline.
Obama said he'd approve it
only if it didn't
harm the environment.
But the GOP
(and some very brave
Democrat outliers)
were only trying
to make Earth
so inhospitable
we'd be forced
to explore space.
This poem © 2014 Emily Cooper.
