Thinking about Aladdin Sane
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Aladdin Sane (a pun on ‘A Lad Insane’).
David Bowie's iconic songs ‘Life on Mars?’ and ‘Space Oddity’ are playing on a loop in space. Elon Musk's SpaceX launched a Tesla Roadster into space with a dummy named ‘Starman’ in the driver's seat, and these Bowie classics are the soundtrack for this cosmic journey.
paving the way for our grasp
of the inevitable future
a lad insane or
androgynous
being true to oneself
we are mere husks
of emotional ineptitude
like the celestial tides
they ebb and flow
only checked
by other’s opinions:
‘Cowboys don’t cry’
an injustice to nature
being in touch with your inner psyche
is a sign
of emotional security
far more valuable than
intellectual IQ
which some sadly lack
compensating for it
in wild proclamations
citing dubious ‘facts’
if empathy is a female trait
then honour it in all beings
as Starman is accompanied
on his cosmic journey
by strains of Space Oddity
and Life on Mars?
his conceptual songs
that paved the way for us all …
Copyright © Suzette Richards | Year Posted 2025
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