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Washington should yake a lesson from the program to reach the moon. It was a team effort, not a party preference.

 

To the Moon

To the Moon
By Franklin Price
7/19/2019

May of nineteen sixty-one
Some thought Kennedy a lune
He announced, before the decade's end
Man would land upon the moon

Tomorrow, fifty years ago
That goal would come to be
Apollo Eleven on its way
For all the world to see

The goal would soon be satisfied
Two men would make it so
Would stand upon that silver orb
With several months to go

When all begun in sixty-one
Very little was in place
To begin, much less to win,
The run to the moon in space

Half a century tomorrow
The goal was made complete
If the program worked as Washington
We would still be in defeat

The result just shows what happens
When the positive wins out
Washington should take a lesson
Of what goals are all about.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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Mcgee Avatar
July 19, 2019 at 1:52 PM
It has been fun to hear all the stories of where people were at the time...thanks for the remembrance in your lovely write.
Michael Avatar
July 19, 2019 at 9:02 AM
Nice write...Enjoyed the read...
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