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Lighter Than Fiction

A Ball see it rise like a balloon massive fire-disk reflects sun on fine sheets of steel skinned over heat foam all connected on a track of circles pipes and control refined layers gas filled rise high into space tanks compress gas engines flare and drive toward and orbit with the Moon and then to Mars inside a chamber plates cover spheres modules with landing gear for exploration living quarters oxygen and water manufacturing some keep going to Mars and others stay in Moon’s orbit to collect data unmanned rockets drive ships recyclable into living space one way ships sent daily supply Moon base and Mars base are recycled new engines build more modules in space 3 square miles of ship opened out and locked together with micro factories and labs industry space and home more modules to explore our solar system and beyond We need a new Moon base! Who wants an ice cave on Mars? money is out there to build the economy sell 6 month trips to your own Moon Base Hotel just … please, please stop killing each other and if you must leave this world in search of freedom then it is a big universe build a new engine not a new bomb spread mankind not end it human race is on find Moon Gold wonder what a Mars diamond looks like lay down the weapons now pretty please with jam on it

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Date: 6/9/2017 6:53:00 PM
This is a poignant and familiar story, well written with a nice rhyming pattern, thank you for sharing Mario, Regards Kevin
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Date: 6/9/2017 6:45:00 PM
Nicely written David, It does sound a little bit like a riddle and having read it through a few times, I am struggling to solve it. It is a lovely poem though and I do really like it, Regards Kevin
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