Humidity on Venus

Humidity on Venus

humidity on Venus

astounds explorers

discovery

sprouting seeds

layers upon layers

digging beneath surface

historical deposits

reveal

Earth artifacts

remnants of probes

mutated Earth spores

attack life

Venusian

darkness descends

dystopian outcome confirmed

Each stanza is a reverse sci(na)ku tanka, of the form:

3 words / 2 words / 1 word / 2 words / 3 words

Written by Roxanne Barbour.

Previously published on Medium.

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Roxanne

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