Ode to the Rings of Saturn

Ode to the Rings of SaturnWhat could bemore per­fect­than a plan­et­cra­dled in the arms of its own rings?A giant bed­ded­down in the icyre­mains of itsonce beau­ti­ful spouse.Songless world­belt­ed with the­white track of a 30-year storm.Huge head halo’d­by twirling dust mote­sand the bod­iesof his children:O Rhea, O Mimas,O Titan,pockmarked beauty—outpost of man’s ambitions.Their shad­ows stride across …