GOING UP, COMING DOWN

Watch us rise and shine above the earth.

In space,

We can look down,

And see,

What we have mucked up,

Behold,

The wars,

Conflagration and confusion,

The smoke of pollution,

The turgid dirty rivers,

The plastic islands swirling in our oceans.

Hear,

The hubbub of vehicles,

The endless screech of human voice,

The crying of unwanted babies,

The sobs of aged abandoned seniors,

The rustle of papers

Under which

The homeless sleep.

Reside above,

Hear and see it all.

The despoliation,

The degradation,

Not our problem,

We are above and looking down.

WATCH OUT!

Whack!

Help, help,

We are crashing back to the world,

From which we long to escape,

Hit and crunched,

By flying space junk,

We have created.

There is no escape,

From the realities,

Created by we pernicious humans