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Pluto

Eric Obame

Denied like a child from an affair long ago
Denied because of my size
Denied because of my friends
Denied because my lifestyle differs from my sister’s
All but one
But my petite stature cannot change what I am
But the Kuiper Belt boys cannot change what I am
But my Neptune crossing orbit cannot change what I am
I am your little sister Pluto

Mercury’s orbit around Father is off-center like mine
Deviates from the norm like mine
But no one questions her bond, because he is by her side
Is it because I look more like my sisters before the asteroid belt
Than the fat ones outside
That I am denied like a crime committed?
Or is it because I live furthest away?
Neptune and I trade places every two hundred and forty-eight years
For about twenty years, she is last
But still, she is accepted
She is a big ball of gas, instead of rock hard like Venus
Mars, Mercury, Earth and myself
I am closer to her, than to any of my sisters
But this housing discrimination just is not fair

Like you, I am round and beautiful
I have a daughter, Charon
Like you have a daughter or daughters
I will not allow you to deny her from her father
She is of me, and I am just like you
Except smaller
I am your little sister Pluto

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