Harlie Radio image by Joe Haput CC BY-SA
Martian Nights: Chapter 2
by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole
On the twelfth day of the Martian mission,
with the ambulatory dirt rover
descended, and in its aloof orbit,
distantly threading the thin atmosphere,
in pulses communicating only
its instructions, handshakes of bleep and blip,
the manned command probe overseeing all
(thou…