It’s the shortest day of the year
On the Northern hemisphere
While two brothers far from Earth
Appearing closest at the sky
At least for the human eye —

One of them is Jupiter
The largest of the planets
And the greatest Roman god —

The other one is Saturn
The Lord of the Rings
The Roman god of harvest
Of celebrations and feast —

The greatest and the happy one
It’s like father and son
Supposedly meeting in far distance
Humans make a huge deal of it
Like they always do with fake news —

But what is called conjunction
Is actually million miles apart
It’s like a picture for this year
With hope for a working re-start.

        © Dominik Alexander / 2020