Girl Dancing with Planet Orbiting Two Stars by Katherine Robinson Lyrics
GIRL DANCING
WITH PLANET ORBITING TWO STARS (KEPLER-16b)
She’s dancing with a pair of men; her dress
Orange and scarlet, rival weathers flare
Winds around her, satin rills. She’s heiress
To a planet with two suns and veil-thin air
And, no, she’ll never take a single suitor
Where days are simultaneous not sequential,
And when the band begins, she’s cold as pewter
And warm like swallowed wine. Attraction is equal
Between two circling bodies (who’s the groom?)
(The stars will never touch; they orbit their double)
The men beckon. Dancing’s done. She’ll wake in both rooms
Always, if life as such is possible.
WITH PLANET ORBITING TWO STARS (KEPLER-16b)
She’s dancing with a pair of men; her dress
Orange and scarlet, rival weathers flare
Winds around her, satin rills. She’s heiress
To a planet with two suns and veil-thin air
And, no, she’ll never take a single suitor
Where days are simultaneous not sequential,
And when the band begins, she’s cold as pewter
And warm like swallowed wine. Attraction is equal
Between two circling bodies (who’s the groom?)
(The stars will never touch; they orbit their double)
The men beckon. Dancing’s done. She’ll wake in both rooms
Always, if life as such is possible.