THE TWO BEST LANDINGS THAT I EVER SAW

 

There are two greatest moments which I have observed,

that hold in opinion, distinction deserved,

the two best landings that I ever saw.....

 

Buzz Aldren is going to speak on TV,

To recount his illustrious history,

When suddenly someone stands right in his way.

 

Outside the hotel,  his pace is prevented,

A man is accosting him, clearly demented,

A fool who believes the moon landing was faked.

 

Bart Sibrel, his name, tries to chide and defame,

He's produced several movies and books with this claim,

That we never did,  actually, land on the moon.

 

Buzz Aldren, who flew to the moon in the past,

with 2 million liters of fuel on his back

politely asks Sibrel to give him some room.

 

In lewd, shameful show, Sibrel still will not go,

Cause he's there with a mic and a camera in tow,

As he claims that the astronauts never left home.

 

Buzz Aldrin, a hero who gallantly braved,

The freezing death-void of the vacuum of space,

Asks Sibrel, quite calmly, to leave him alone.

 

But the villainous rival, advancing his libel,

believe it or not, now produces a bible,

He wants Buzz to swear that the moon landing happened,

 

Buzz Aldrin who risked his life for an ideal,

Refuses to prove what he knows to be real,

And scoffingly turns to escape this base madman.

 

He rallies his crew, Sibrel still isn't through,

He must prove that the moon missions just aren't true!

And approaches poor Buzz with another melee,

 

And driven by ignorant, insane belief

He calls Buzz a coward, a liar and thei-

But that is as much as Sibrel gets to say.

 

Buzz Aldrin, a great man, aged 71,

Exhausted of patience, is finally done,

He hits Sibrel hard and square right in the jaw.

 

The Eagle's decent to moon surface from space.

Buzz Aldrin's fist planted upon Sibrel's face.

the two best landings that I ever saw.


 (From 'Tranquility Base', a poetry reading and art show from 2019, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the moon landing).