10.20.2025

There's talk of comets. At least one and maybe a couple two three, on the horizon after sundown. Folks are curious about the comets, some of them. At least one guy I know is sure this means disaster. Funny you should use that word, I tell him. He gives me this look like I have an asshole for a mouth. I continue, interesting you should say disaster. He's halfway down the hill by now so I yell after him, comets aren't stars, Paolo. Anyway this doesn't concern us, you and me. We know where the real disasters are. Other people I pretend to know have a real problem with the comets and anything else that shows up in the Solar System without a good excuse. They whisper about asteroids and what they're hiding. These celestial objects, they say, we don't trust 'em. Otherworldly vessels in the skies. On a survey mission or doing recon for the coming unimaginable war. What if they're just cruising by to take a look, I say. Djya hear about Earth? Sounds hilarious! Let's check it out.