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Lunaracy
“Everybody is a moon, and has a dark side they
never show to anybody.”--Mark Twain.
The 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission has
come and gone. I rewatched THE RIGHT STUFF,
APOLLO 13 & FIRST MAN. Then I reviewed
THE MARTIAN.
Last night, drenching my sheets with lunar dust,
I dreamt I was the moon; in a computer voice
I asked over and over, “Why Mars?”. I remember
how pleased I was when H.G. Wells, and Edgar
Rice Burroughs wrote books about me. I simply
laughed at the theories that the Nazis had hidden
bases on my dark side.
Come on, I am earth’s satellite, the Master of Tides,
less than six days flight time away. It’ll take five
years to just make it to Mars, and then what? What’s
he got that I don’t? So come on up, the dust is fine.
Get to setting up mining operations and resorts. I am
cool with it.
Glenn Buttkus
Prosery
Posted over at dVerse Poets Pub "Prosery"
10 comments:
The moon appears to have a big ego in your story- Love it!
Wonderful sci-fi/sci-fact merging, Glenn.
That moon is not hiding his light under a bushel! Nice to see a male moon for a change. I love the way you pull popular culture and current events into your writing.
I love the touch of jealously and welcome you wrapped into this GLENN. Yeah, we are all about nostalgic and la luna right now. I loved that you brought it alive!
An enjoyable twist on the moon!
Another great quote I hadn’t com across before, Glenn, and I like the way it translated into your prosery! I love ‘drenching my sheets with lunar dust’ and the whole lunar monologue!
another interesting twist ... egotistical male moon, who'd have thought
Oh! Ecopoetry!
Indeed--the moon is far superior to Mars. Great voice.
A wonderful persona poem, with such a convincing lunar voice!
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