Space Odyssey
In smoke and flames of mighty Apollo
T-minus fifteen seconds, engines on!
O’ ship of divine distance I saw go
when rocketeers on lunar ascent shone.
New Age Columbus kings voyage and realm
in your Saturn V rocket to the moon -
new worlds beyond and Earth men at the helm
when supersonic roared its sonic boom.
I saw the face of Jupiter and Mars,
saw a golden eagle fly through deep space
and saw Prometheus reach for the stars
with flag and footprint of the human race.
Saw you fall to Earth out that Milky Way
on re-entry splashdown on the eighth day.
Written: May 1992
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