they say the sun is going out
but as a guttering candle
flares at the last
so will the sun get hotter first
and sometime
when international nudity
has been established
and we can really see
what our politicians
are made of
it will grow cooler again
and we shall dress
for the last
long winter
is expanding
they say the stars
are flinging
farther out in space
they say that after the moon
they’ll take a trip
to Mars
better look slippy
the journey’s getting longer
we may never catch up
they say there are
no mysteries
that science cannot solve
they say that all
will be revealed
in time
but I see
a freezing astronaut
in sunless space
chasing a planet
and losing the race
Jeff Cloves
Illustration Nick Victor
NB. this was written BEFORE the Americans landed on the moon. Jeff
Comment by jeff cloves on 28 August, 2019 at 5:35 pm