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Space Junk

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Catch a piece of space junk

Put it in your pocket

Save it for a rainy day

Maybe you could hide it

In your airing cupboard

Or you could sell it on ebay.

I guess a good place for you to keep it

Would be underneath your bed

Maybe today though you should stay indoors

In case a piece comes falling on your head.

 

Remember it’s the property

Of the US government

And you should give it back to them.

Or you may hear a knock

On your front door and

Outside are lots of little green men.

And the little green men they will tell you

That they have a prior claim

But you must answer

That it’s finders keepers

And they may not bother you again.

 

If a bit lands in your back garden

Use it as a garden seat

But don’t sit on it yet or you’ll get a hot bottom

Cos it’s got a lot of heat.

It’s racing through the earth’s atmosphere

It’s approaching as we speak

And if a bit lands here in St Agnes

You will surely hear me squeak!

 

So … catch a piece of space junk

Put it in your pocket

Save it for a rainy day

Maybe you could hide it

In your airing cupboard

Or you could sell it on ebay.

 

 

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jean lucy thompson

Mon 12th Dec 2011 00:53

Woo hoo saved again by the little green men Enjoyed the poem vm

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Dave Carr

Tue 22nd Nov 2011 21:11

Ah the little green men!

This reminds me of something from way back when by 'Captain Lockheed and the Starfighters'
- some members of Hawkwind who did a charity record for the widows of starfighter pilots.

'Catch a falling Starfighter
Put it in the pocket of your jeans
You can use it as a cigarette lighter
Or an opener for a can of beans.'

Of course yours is better
Dave

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Lynn Dye

Mon 21st Nov 2011 17:21

Enjoyed this, Ann, good fun. xx

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M.C. Newberry

Sun 20th Nov 2011 15:19

You'll forget old Perry Como
If a piece lands on your dome-o!
Fun - and not without bit of uncomfortable truth. We can forget all that stuff circling
overhead...waiting for the chance to come home!

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Ann Foxglove

Sun 20th Nov 2011 10:36

I wrote this in September when a six ton chunk of space satelite was heading towards us. Thankfully, we survived! And may I thank the Little Green Men for backing me on this track! ;)

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