SPACE IS THE PLACE (AND POEMS AND MISC)

A BLOG DESIGNATED TO MY SPACE POEMS AND OTHER THINGS

Sent a Nazi to space today

Sent a Nazi to space today
and it was an OK day.
Got flowers for me mum ‘n’
baseball cards for dad.
But that Nazi is going to have the best flight
he ever had.

I sent a Nazi to space today and
Reagan is in orbit of course.
It was his secret wish you know,
now the whole world has got two
up there to see, all in a row.

Nazis in space, 
sounds like a movie but there’s no one acting.
Ulysses is on his way back home as a matter of fact
and maybe he’ll write it.
Yeah, get him to write it. Or Henry Bloom
eating his goddamn Gorgonzola sandwich.
Fuck it. We sent a Nazi to space.  

Where’s the cursor?

Well eventually we’ll all get an offer

And we’ll all take it and then what?

We’ll see the lizards crawling across our bodies

We’ll see the snakes trying out after the lizards

And we’ll end up in a predicament and think

Fuck, when did we become so reptilian?

Fuck, when did we become to reptilian?

When did we lose our study of all things?

When were we offered such a grant

As to waste so much money on

Women

Drugs

Drinks

Indulgences!

Indulgences!

The shadow waits for itself

Until the flesh walks among it

And then it consumes

And then you know who you are

Besides your shadow

You are that what was

Of course, the enterprise

Of some lucky billionaire

Of some lucky billionaire who

Waits for it

And then makes you a slot machine

And that’s your face

And that’s your groin

Screaming out money and free drinks

To the unexpecting retiree

With no legs

And lungs depleted

Cashing in the gold for some more

More of what?

A few hundred years ago he was emperor

And he burned down all what was!
As Tacitus was tactful, tasteful, in his telepathy

Christendom was thrown to the zoo

And I me myself and you were thrown too

All Nero and grapes and wine to drink another day

This poem is not finished, anyway. 

Angels in space need gasmasks

Angels in space need gasmasks
because there are politicians talking in radiowaves
and there are major conglomerates having sex in the atmosphere
it’s very disruptive
so angels in space need gasmasks.

But then again, angels do not exist. Sorry.  

You should not haven given me new shoes

You should not haven given me new shoes
because the ones I am wearing now are fine.
No, you should not have given me new shoes
because I’ve already set up a trust fund for mine.

You should not have given me a cake
because I’ve already got leftovers from Janet’s party.
No, you should not have given me a cake
because this specific cake leaves me rather farty.

Dog, where are you going?
Arf arf, woof woof.

What’s that? No, what? You beckon me to follow?

Yes you stupid asshole.

But you are a dog.

Yes, I know. Give me your food.

No, dog. Has no one trained you?

I own a train.

What?

I own a train.

No, oh dear, it seems there has been a misunderstanding. Has no one properly trained you?

Choo choo!

(This poem suffers from the chronic back pain known as Writer’s Block.) 

Somebody please shut Anthony Fantano the hell up

Somebody please shut Anthony Fantano the hell up
Somebody please shut Anthony Fantano the hell up
Somebody please shut Anthony Fantano the hell up
Somebody please shut Anthony Fantano the hell up
Somebody please shut Anthony Fantano the hell up
Somebody please shut Anthony Fantano the hell up
Somebody please shut Anthony Fantano the hell up
The “internet’s busiest music nerd.”
What a fucking prick.  

In space no one can hear you scream

In space no one can hear you scream
That is what my dad said
As he was screaming it to me in space
Then he took his own advice
And wrote it down for me.  

A pale basket

Whenever a whisper is heard
A head nods into sleep
And dreams carve themselves
Into a pale basket
And death is only an invitation
To learn new ways
To learn a new life
To live off a life
Of endless blue skies
Of a horizon gleaming silver
Of a sudden pouring out
Its golden trickle
Down to our Heaven
Down to our Earth
Into our palms
Where we read our fortunes
Where our love lies
Where we-
(intense and disrupting fart noise)