pluto

i stepped out of the office at approximately 1:50pm this afternoon, noticing a crowd of people standing in the parking lot, looking up into the eastern sky.

it seemed as if something important was happening.

i also looked up into the eastern sky, and noticed that there was a rocket, just about one inch off of the horizon, it was leaving a trail of vapour.

i said to myself "do i know about a space mission that is happening to-day? i think i might. i bet that it is a rocket to pluto. and i missed it. shit."

and by the time i had figured it all out, the rocket had traveled to maybe four inches above the horizon, with its vapour trail getting smaller all of the way, until it had disappeared altogether, and was safe on the other side of the blue sky, lost on the other side of glares and reflections, and other phenomenons of the daytimes.

i have just read a news article, and apparently the rocket was called "new horizons". in words and in action, this rocket did not like its prospects, and i can hardly blame it.

don't look back, new horizons.

oh, also, "new horizons" was supposed to irradiate floridians with ghastly subatomic particles upon its exit. but apparently, it did not succeed.

shucks.