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.