Rocket Science

Orbiting earth at a ludicrous pace
No gravity: stuff flys all over the place
A notebook floats by, would it not be great
If we could have brought even one paperweight
Copyright © | Year Posted 2021

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Wolf Avatar
July 20, 2021 at 6:01 PM
So that's what Bezos forgot to tell us. ~ gw
Flood Avatar
July 21, 2021 at 12:09 AM
Yeah, he’s just testing ‘gravity free paperweights’. I know he’s got a factory already making them. My mate got a job there but he couldn’t hold it down. ;-) Terry
Bauer Avatar
July 20, 2021 at 11:45 AM
Ha! Very funny, Terry! Love the title as well…
Flood Avatar
July 20, 2021 at 1:21 PM
Glad you ‘got it’ Ilene. Thought longer about the title than the poem itself. Once I got ‘Rocket Science’ it just had to be. Terry
Hankins Avatar
July 20, 2021 at 8:26 AM
Another good one. I have always wondered what is so terrific about everything floating around you? Like how do you drink your coffee?...as it floats by?
Flood Avatar
July 20, 2021 at 1:17 PM
Coffee? Easy you keep a tea strainer handy. It doesn’t catch the coffee but it filters it just nicely. Terry
Cunningham Avatar
July 20, 2021 at 4:50 AM
Hope the toilet has got good suction, if the pump fails they're in the crap. Lol Tom
Flood Avatar
July 20, 2021 at 7:56 AM
Don’t let on, but I’m waiting for someone to miss the gag and explain in some depth why they don’t take paperweights up there. ;-) Terry
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