day EIGHT HUNDRED and TWENTY

Solar System for Sale

Carl Sagan

is that you babe?

I’ve been waiting

a long damn time

for my own planet

but a whole solar system

that’s some fucking shit

can I play god?

can I convince

the inhabitants

there is a god

one all powerful

being who chose

one group

of people to be his chosen

they got the valentine

now they can kill everyone else

CarI

I called because I thought

I wanted the universe

but how can I be responsible

for a universe

if I can barely get out of bed

in the morning

if I can barely watch a sunset

and not be mystified

Carl

maybe we should scrap the whole idea

maybe you shouldn’t sell any more universe(s)

if no one cares to notice this one

if all we can do is destroy this useless beauty

that may be a simulation

or an explosion in an ever-expanding flow of space

Carl

maybe you shouldn’t sell

any more universe(s)

until we’ll learn how to love

--Jason Baldinger


Solar System for Sale:

Photography by Jason Baldinger