Read Poem: THE WASTE IN SPACE – A SONNET, by Edward Lyon

WHY WASTE FORTUNES IN SPACE EXPLORATION?
MANY FOLK STARVE TO DEATH EVERY DAY!
HOW CAN ‘ANY’ ONE, IN ‘ANY’ NATION,
JUSTIFY THE EXPENSE, IN ‘ANY’ WAY?
SOME MAY STATE;”THAT OF COURSE, WE MUST DO IT.
WITHOUT HUMAN ADVANCEMENT, WHAT ARE WE?
IT’S VITAL, NATIONS WHICH CAN, DO THEIR BIT,
AS SCIENCE IS OUR CHIEF REASON TO BE!”
OTHERS MAY ARGUE; “SUPPOSE MOTHER EARTH,
IS DESTROYED BY AN ASTEROID FROM SPACE;
A FEW COULD BE CHOSEN; THOSE OF ‘REAL’ WORTH,
TO CONTINUE ELSEWHERE; OUR HUMAN RACE.”
SO BILLIONS OF US WILL WAVE GOODBYE,
AS THE BOJOS AND TRUMPS LEAVE US TO DIE!

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