Clumping

By Carol Smallwood

Stars form when cosmic dust clumps together
making solar systems now as billions of years ago.
The common dust bunny gathers altogether
like particles joining in space make stars grow.

Making solar systems now as billions of years ago,
mysterious dark energy pushes galaxies apart
like particles joining in space make stars grow—
our solar system has over 300 moons a la carte.

Mysterious dark energy pushes galaxies apart:
there's a galaxy sixty times bigger than our own—
our solar system has over 300 moons a la carte
in a universe only beginning to be less unknown.

There's a galaxy sixty times bigger than our own:
the common dust bunny gathers altogether
in a universe only beginning to be less unknown;
stars form when cosmic dust clumps together.