Marbled Architecture

The most beautiful planet
Isn’t necessarily
Your own—candidates include

Jupiter and ringed Saturn,
And just in this neighborhood.
Blue and white Earth is pretty,

Of course, especially so
To senses evolved on Earth
By selection to like life

And the sights that on Earth mean
Life and resources for life,
Lots of clouds of water and air.

But study those marbled swirls
Of Jupiter and deny
There’s something going on there.