• meathorse@lemmy.world
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    At midnight, on the 12th of August A huge mass of luminous gas erupted from Mars Jupiter and sped towards Earth Across two hundred million miles of void Invisibly hurtling towards us Came the first of the missiles that were to bring so much calamity to Earth As I watched, there was another jet of gas It was another missile, starting on its way

    And that’s how it was for the next ten nights A flare, spurting out from Mars Jupiter Bright green, drawing a green mist behind it A beautiful, but somehow disturbing sight Ogilvy, the astronomer, assured me we were in no danger He was convinced there could be no living thing on that remote Forbidding planet