Group C: Venus and the Ark

One thing I noticed after analyzing the poem was that there are three words in all capital letters which state, "VENUS IS GREEN." What does this mean? From my interpretation I think it means Venus is the new source of life, because when I think of green I think of grass and leaves, which means life and growth. This is why I believe Venus is a utopia. I interpret Earth as a dystopia in the poem because of the lines,

"The place became crater on each side,

sank down to its first skull,

shedding forests, oceans, dried

dones and neons, as it fell through

time like a forgotten pitted stone. "

These lines present the image of life coming to an end.