In this great wide expanse of a universe
with its infinite distances
and it’s inconceivable amount of stars
and an almost uncountable number of planets
with a substantial series of potential life forms
amongst them

through all that wealth of potential,
within all those planets
(and, hell,
maybe even in the space between planets,
living in comets
or as semi-sentient stardust
or possibly meteor clusters
with communal impulses
and curious fashion sense),
there might be a creature
who appreciates my dad jokes
and isn’t just being polite.

I would like to find that creature
but I hardly know her.