The evening sky was set alight

As the nomadic satellite

Took station at its settled height

Discovered in the subtle light

Of autumn sun

 

Thus the coruscating orb it

Acquired geocentric orbit

Concealed by clouds that absorb its

Transmitted data bytes or bits

So alien

 

Attracted by earth’s gravity

It had a strange propensity

For exploiting the parity

Of nearly matching density

As round it spun

 

Acquiring a trajectory

Swirling in strange symmetry

Passing through it’s perigee

Defiant of astrometry

Then moving on.