ALTERNATE SUN
Astronomists have a new theory
Involving an alternate sun
It helps explain the meteorites
That regularly cause extinction

Every twenty six million years
A shower of rocks hits the world
To some scientists it now appears
By some force these rocks are hurled

They argue the sun has a brother
Who makes a regular visit
Mostly travelling through space outer
To celestial trash a magnet

When he returns to see his sibling
He tosses off meteor showers
Like some astronomical Quisling
Who allied with Axis powers

We're eleven million years
Into the next extinction cycle
Scientists have their fears
About the species survival

I'm thinking I might stick around
Just to see what will happen
As ridiculous as it might sound
I want to protect my children
© 2002 by Michael J. Farrand