You’re my Venus, pretty lady,
Aphrodite of a sulfuric acid.
Morning Star sometimes,
your alluring eyes sparkle
like misleading stars.

Larger than Earth can encompass
Your beauty holds no bounds.
No, not large like a Double Cheeseburger.
I’m talking spacy, darling.

Hair blonde like the gaseous swirls that
Remind me of a half eaten Milky Way Bar.
An extraterrestrial love we have,
Not even your opaque clouds can diminish my
fervor for Venusian beauty.
Earth can’t take the competition,
You’re on a planet of your own.

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Katherine McIntyre is a student, balancing work and school while trying to write as much poetry as possible. She has had work featured in magazines like Cause and Effect and Daedalus.