DEAR JUPITER​,

by Susan L. Lin

Don’t tell

the others,

but you were always my favorite.

Ever since

I first saw

your Great Red Spot on TV.

They called it

your hurricane

so of course I could relate.

But now,

they say,

it’s starting to shrink.

Might

be gone

in two decades.

Please

tell me

that isn’t so.

I think

it’s your

best feature.

Who’ll

you be

w/out it?

Who

will

I?

Susan L. Lin is a Taiwanese American storyteller who hails from southeast Texas and holds an MFA in Writing from California College of the Arts. Her novella, GOODBYE TO THE OCEAN, won the 2022 Etchings Press novella prize and is now available to purchase at susanllin.wordpress.com, where you can also find her other published work.