If, through some miracle, on Halley was hidden

the smallest of germs in the dirt and the snow

if life could spring forth there

(though we know that it didn't)

what would it look like

and how would we know?

if it had eyes then what could it ponder?

a fluorescent coma that lights up the skies;

would the dance of the dust fill these creatures with wonder

or the pitch black formations in the craters of ice?

what would they feel like on a peanut shaped world

as the pull of the giants tears it slowly apart?

to have no control over where it is hurled

though in time, they would find, it comes back to the start

yes, within this idea is a certain romance

though the impact of space draws its shapes in the dust

if there's life on this comet, then it would have no chance

as algae that is born there may fly off and combust

once in a lifetime our old friend causes mirth

for thousands of years we have made a big fuss

so while beings on Halley may not think much of Earth

life on that rock would mean far more to us

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