"Mars ~ The Reality

"Mars ~ The Reality

'So this is where Elysium lies,
just north of Atlantis,
on the far side of Barsoom.'
~ Dian Ackerman

Mars glows like a burning ember embedded in the night,
and as a result it has long been linked
with the color red and the god of war,
an association made by Aristotle in the fourth century BC,
and before that by the Babylonians,
who named the planet after Nergal, a warrior god of death,
destruction, and disorder."

~ Nancy Hathaway
From "The Friendly Guide to the Universe"
[p. 106]

"Know, that's just a barstool,
On the far side of the Pin Ball Machine ~ !"
~ Stainsbury

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Blog, I'll warrant ye, or dog? Who knows. Pass the grog!
But if ye see me lost pup, please bring that scurvy dog home!
I got Leon a brand-new bone, with a chest full a' booty.
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