Conception: A Drabble Duet
“Part 1: Moonchild”
History would call it the spermiad meteor shower.
Fortunately, for those that lived on the earth, all of the meteors that would have struck our world burned up on the atmosphere.
The moon had no such defense against the cosmic rapist the rained down upon her virgin surface.
Luna sprouted limbs, arms and legs, such as they were, and a face, of sorts.
Most observers agreed that the child was, most probably, a boy.
On cloudless nights the denizens of earth avoided looking up at the moon, which howled in agony, at the wolves that lived so very far below.
“Part 2: Sunflower”
A gravitational spasm from outside our dimension sent the comets spiraling towards the sun.
For a short time, history recorded the spectacle of the comets passing the earth on their way to their solar destiny.
Hundreds of tailed comets filled the night sky, and one found its way to the sun first.
Newspapers printed the solar flower that bloomed in the sky. “A Beautiful Spring Rose” ran as the headline around the world that day the sun blossomed in the sky.
By autumn, there was no one left to see Sol go to seed and spread pollen across the galaxy.
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