The Comets of Edward Albee

 

 

by Jeff Harrison

 

 

 

 

WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?

 

 

Comet Hyakutake was spotted by

Yuji Hyakutake (January 30, 1996).

its closest approach was 9.3 million

miles away. it wished to kiss the rust

off of Yuji's nose. but that nose, Comet

Hyakutake, is a scoundrel, outliving 1000s

of fires. crackle, sniff. their warmth was pale!

 

 

 

 

THE DEATH OF BESSIE SMITH

 

 

Comet Halley is from one of the cities

that ape the Earth's knowledge.

 

Gamaliel & Yehoshua were on a boat;

the former had prepared bread for food

the latter had prepared bread & flour for food

 

when Gamaliel's bread was consumed by him

he relied on Yehoshua's flour. to the question

of Gamaliel, were you aware of a delay

in the journey, that you took much food,

Yehoshua replied, there's a star once a 70 year

that makes the captains of ships err.

 

said Gamaliel, you possess so much wisdom & still

you're compelled to go on a ship to make your living.

 

 

 

 

THE AMERICAN DREAM

 

 

Comet Wild 2 is known as The Six-Year Worm

due to the number of years between sightings.

 

Comet Wild 2 is to the eye as a cat is to a grape.

 

Comet Wild 2 is a cruel take on a cat, on a grape;

Comet Wild 2 is a conte cruel to the literary eye.

 

 

 

 

BOX / QUOTATIONS
FROM CHAIRMAN MAO TSE-TUNG

 

 

before 1840 Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko had an orbit

that kept it far from our Sun (a cow during her milk).

 

In 1840 Comet C-G neared Jupiter, whose gravity moved

Comet C-G closer to our Sun (a cow during her milk).

 

a close approach near Jupiter in 1959 moved Comet C-G

even closer to our Sun (a cow during her milk). since

 

Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko was distant from our

Sun, a cow during her milk, until recent times, it hasn't

 

melted a lot: Comet C-G's looks are more anciently, maybe.

what did our Sun (cow, milk) look like when she was young?

 

 

 

 

TINY ALICE

 

 

Comet Linear

September 27, 1999

Threatening the World

with Famine, Plague, & War:

 

To Princes, Death

To Kingdoms, many Crosses

To Woods, Cold the First things

To all Estates, inevitable Losses

To Aromas, a Surcease of gentleness

To Herdsmen, Rot

To Burning mysteries, the Coolest guess

To Plowmen, hapless Seasons

To Mathematicians, Arrayed letters

To Sailors, Storms

To Years, An hour Each Minute

To Cities, Civil Treasons

 

 

 

 

THE ZOO STORY

 

 

Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9

was snared by gravity &

plunged into Jupiter's atmosphere.

some of the debris had diameters

larger than that of the planet Earth.

 

guestless today

the path of Shoemaker-Levy 9