By Heather Pegas
What does Mars sound like? It is muffled and low-toned. The settlers speak slowly because it takes longer to hear. But it sounds like possibility, and that is why they came.
The ground is red and barren. It is at once too hot and too cold.
What they have: Rocks. Craters. Never-dying wind in sand. What they miss: Beethoven, birdsong, the color blue.
But they are glad. There are no trees to burn, no water to flood. There’s so much space to conquer.
Second verse same as the first. And why not? If they’re lucky, this time it will only rhyme.
Interesting. Never thought of Mars colonization in quite this way.