Ganymed

Their dEnsity can oppress
the heart mUch more gravely than
the deepest layeR of snow-
and now they surrOund Ganymed,
enveloPed in mantles,
neArly as ancient
as the cratEred surface of the moon.
Of coUrse, their hearts,
like woRlds of ice,
are cOld and still-
and JuPiter has turned away,
his feAtures dark-

An astronomy book
4/16/2002