This planet is humanity’s place of birth,
but not the end of what we’re capable of –
we’ve just begun.
 
But don’t let Elon Musk take off from Earth:
he’ll nuke us if and when he gets pissed off…
or just for fun.

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‘Earth (and Mars)’ was first published in Rat’s Ass Review.

“The trouble with space!” by Philip Ed is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0.