FAWM 2020 #13: New Moon
Filk, intended to be sung to either "Blue Moon" or "Memories" (I get
them mixed up in my head: I like the lydian fourth, anyway). From this
tweet:
"BIG NEWS (thread 1/3). Earth has a new temporarily captured
object/Possible mini-moon called 2020 CD3. On the night of Feb. 15, my
Catalina Sky Survey teammate Teddy Pruyne and I found a 20th magnitude
object. Here are the discovery images." https://t.co/zLkXyGAkZl
Lyrics
New moon, we're so delighted you're captured,
Our gazing hearts are enraptured,
At the sight of your beam.
New moon, to spy you's all we have longed for;
And now we've written the song for
To show you just what we mean.
Your path, which was once quite erratic, is now
Centered on Earth's lovely mass.
To see you we've been kind of frantic,
But now we see... you... at last.
New Moon, your orbit may not be stable,
But for as long as we're able,
We'll hold you in hight esteem.
© Tres Seaver, FAWM 2020 #13