Mercury

I want to be Mercury
To be close to the Sun
To feel the Sun's warmth
More than anyone

I want to be mercury
Rising with more Sun's heat
To peak at the top
That none could defeat

Don't want to be Pluto
Icy and cold
Far from the Sun
Not a real planet I'm told

I want to be Pluto
To be very last
'The last will be first'
Sun said in the past

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poem by Sam Hoover
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