Exoplanet

The news report said
we've discovered a new planet
capable of supporting life.

It happens to orbit Earth,
roughly twenty feet above Sachs Fifth Avenue
in Mission Valley, San Diego.

I know — I just noticed it too.

And somehow, it's always been there,
competing with their own
Starbucks and Hot Topics.

One small step or one giant leap,
we bring the same baggage
we thought we left behind.