All the daysleading up until now, I have been orbiting. A major planet in her solar system, hugging this meteor into a sphere of gravity, pointing her toward the Sun.

Today, I was demoted. No longer a bright globe with atmospheric pressure.

Her new teachers, the rising stars. I, spun out to the edges of the known galaxy. Reduced. Less than planetary. Today, I am Pluto.

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