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Over the moon...
...As ‘NASA’s Orion capsule returns to Earth
After successful test flight.’ Wonderful news,
Although the prospect of NASA being ‘joined
Soon by others’ leaves me worried; will they
All be pioneers, or will there be those amongst
Them intent upon exporting their battles with
The West further afield?
Might we at sometime in the future desert
Our TVs and living rooms in exchange for
Real life military fisticuffs played out directly
Overhead as Iran, North Korea and China
Give each other ‘what for’ in a ‘stake your
Claim’ battle for land aided and abetted by
Russia?
New songs may be penned, By the light of
The nuclear moon, a worthy prize of note in
The eyes of many, a dark side so no one can
See what you’re doing and a light side, within
Reach of every bedroom telescope...
‘Knock and the door shall be opened, seek
And you will find’ never more true than today,
When trigger happy dictators frequently put
The world at risk; idiots stroking the nose
Cone of their latest nuclear missile, bigger
Than the last one, more powerful than ever
Before, capable of killing millions, a prospect,
God forbid, that must never reach the moon,
Once safely out of reach, now ever more
Vulnerable.
© Joseph G Dawson