The Papers Might Not Ask About Your Shirt
I am a member of the human race, I want what's best for all of us. I want a future that looks bright for my kids and my grandkids.
This is Ground Control to Major Tom
You've really made the grade
And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear...
— David Bowie
They've Really Made the Grade - Have We?
What if you launched a rocket
Called Falcon 9
With Bob and Doug aboard
Sent it spaceward
Atop 1.7 million pounds of thrust
Creating a brilliant light show of
Unmeasured, unmeasurable candlepower
Indescribable, incomprehensible beauty
As propulsion gases
Interact with space and light
Crafting temporary nebulae
Exacting aesthetic
From elegant precision
Of sophisticated technology
Moving bullet speed times ten
Marking an historic, momentous occasion
Portending an expanding, exciting
New presence out in the final frontier
And as Doug and Bob
Hurtle along in Crew Dragon
Looking back
At the shrinking blue marble
See it burning
Restless
Yearning for liberty
And justice
For all?
Asking for 7.5 billion friends…
David Bowie – Space Oddity (Official Video)
© 2020 greg cain
