Rosemary Nissen-Wade #29: Pluto

Pluto 

Governs Scorpio –

which used to share Mars

with fiery Aries, until

this dark mystery was found.

So small, it's hard to define

as a regular planet. (They

are big and gassy.) 

But it's intense!

It has frozen nitrogen lakes,

a huge, hazy atmosphere

with layers embedded,

a sky that's blue like ours

and, probably, 

vast seas of water 

hidden underground –

very Scorpio, that.

Astronomers argue now.

Can't it still be a planet

as it's so exciting, or

is it King of the Dwarves?

It's far colder

than we can imagine.

And I hate the cold.

Still I want it. We Scorpions

are not direct like Aries,

nor as warlike as Mars.

We are of an underworld

that isn't hot and hellish.

Rather, we are deep 
and dangerous,

like hidden oceans 
or solid nitrogen.