Childhood Memories Three: Bumble Bees In Space
down the rabbit hole
of childhood memories
we tumble into lost world
into childhood pioneering
memories of Apollo Space
Programme watering the
wonder of an over active
childhood imagination
ready to actively participate
in private space training
programme: stage one selection
process an astronaut a
buzz Aldrin is needed
Command Module Pilot
for next daring mission
into the pumpkin plants
capture and transfer into
jam jar space capsule is
successfully attained in
swift youthful triumph
proceeding to launch pad
Saturn V was not needed
Columbia was under hand
thrown rapidly into space
experiments had proven
spinning under hand thrust
was optimal acceleration
earlier experiments had
shown with less speed
shorter flights bumble bee
unsealed released from jam jar
would fly off seemingly
unaffected by space sickness
later higher speed launches
repeated in multiple launches
produced really dizzy bumbles
my recovery technique
employed no canopy sails
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poem by Terence George Craddock
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