Astrocosmosis

by DANIEL RUTLEDGE

A S T R O C O S M O S I S

2.......sun4.......mercury6.......venus8.......earth10......mars12......jupiter14......saturn16......uranus18......neptune20......pluto

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this is the world that you live inexcuse me while i unearth itguide it towards the sunto ignite and combust all the things that we have done

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harsh seas before usafter i sink, will you sink?we can feed on the mercury down here togetherdrown with me

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there’s a silence in the space betweenvenus and what’s beneathtoo quiet for my likingmy thoughts do all the talking

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from here let’s watch the stars collideexplode like violent childrentoo young and naive to know any differentthis earth can’t hold them back

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i’ve seen the worst of this townin more ways than onemars is more appealingdepart and growreturn and give em’ hell

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look on miss jupiterfor the boys here can’t match your stridewell neither can ineither can i

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it’s a simple somber feelingthe sound of nothing and everythinga waltz the sky can rain tofind me in the crossingwhere we counted saturn’s ringsmisery

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it’s been two years now?that person i talked to back then died that daybut that’s okayi’m doing what i need to being who i need toin order to survive the atmostphereup here on the planet uranus

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the violent waves threaten usbut i don’t mindfor we will conquer king neptune or die tryingif i’m going down i ain’t leaving alonenot again, not herethe sea’s a lonely placebut not as much as space

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what a difference a year makesunafraid and more ready than everto take on what i have toit’s about that time to continue this nomadic lifethe next chapterbut don’t worry we will both come back herewith new stories and new bruisesto compare and contrast the lives we’ve madewe’ve got a lot to live up toand even more to live for so let’s raise our glassesand toast to what’s to comepluto made a hell of a run but got looked overso let’s outshine the sunwe’ve earned thispermanenece

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what a difference a year makesunafraid and more ready than everto take on what i have toit’s about that time to continue this nomadic lifethe next chapterbut don’t worry we will both come back herewith new stories and new bruisesto compare and contrast the lives we’ve madewe’ve got a lot to live up toand even more to live for so let’s raise our glassesand toast to what’s to comepluto made a hell of a run but got looked overso let’s outshine the sunwe’ve earned thispermanenece

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solar systemn.1. the sun together with the eight planets and all other celestial bodies that orbit the sun.2. a system of planets or other bodies orbiting another star.

for everyone and anyone who came beforeand to those that will be here after

written & illustrated by DANIEL RUTLEDGEin association with NOVAPROJECTS