On the fourth day of Yule-tide my true love gave to me, four
antennae for a radio telescope
Three samples that fluoresce under UV light
And two microscope slides
To go in my science laboratory,
Tani hummed happily to herself
As she listened to the music of the stars
A recording based on radio wave signals
Attributed to the stars far beyond Enceladus
The crackle and rise and fall soothing
To her scientific soul.
Turning off her audio device
She squirted out into the water
Beyond the sheltering cave she called home
Towards the science laboratories at which she worked,
There she had the great honor
Of snipping the ribbon
In celebration of the new radio telescope
With four antennae strategically positioned
In a field of stone
Near the lab,
She hooked it into the sound system
And broadcast the sound of the stars
Throughout Enceladus’ ocean.
Later that night in her personal lab
She found three samples
That fluoresce in UV light
And two new slides to examine under her microscopes
In her very own science laboratory.
Delightful.
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