Planet Ahead

Astronomers scanning the skies/

Saw 7 rocks roughly earth’s size/

Go round a pink sun/

That’s called Trappist-1,/

A place to go if our sun dies.///

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-39034050

OK, I toyed with taking this one in a political direction, but played it straight in the end. But Steve Clarke (@alpha_ginge) has helpfully offered the alternative last line:

A haven from Mr. Trumps lies.

Which seems to work pretty well too.

About twitmericks

There is an old fellow called Mick/Who's been penning the odd limerick/I admit he's no Keats/But he does them in tweets/So to follow, you just have to click. https://twitter.com/#!/twitmericks "The limerick master of the twitterati" (The Guardian).
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