{"id":41504,"date":"2017-08-06T04:37:52","date_gmt":"2017-08-06T08:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=41504"},"modified":"2017-08-06T04:37:52","modified_gmt":"2017-08-06T08:37:52","slug":"far-out-a-poem-to-commemorate-a-pink-floyd-album-being-the-first-to-be-taken-to-space-hour-nineteen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/far-out-a-poem-to-commemorate-a-pink-floyd-album-being-the-first-to-be-taken-to-space-hour-nineteen\/","title":{"rendered":"Far Out – a poem to commemorate a Pink Floyd album being the first to be taken to space – Hour Nineteen"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the most difficult challenges I faced as a cosmonaut<\/p>\n

Was to become completely bilingual<\/p>\n

A requirement made necessary by the fact that we’d bought<\/p>\n

Several craft components from engineers in America<\/p>\n

And so if we needed ever to communicate or signal<\/p>\n

A fault or some other such esoterica<\/p>\n

Then it would be necessary to use fluent English –<\/p>\n

The language\u00a0used in\u00a0these crazy lyrics<\/p>\n

Far more far out than anything we’ve learned about out here –<\/p>\n

Just two lost souls swimming in a fishbowl, year after year<\/p>\n

And it’s true – I wish you were here,<\/p>\n

Ticking away the hours that make up a dull day,<\/p>\n

Floating around our milky way –<\/p>\n

But you know honey, why I did it,<\/p>\n

You know – money, it’s a hit…<\/p>\n

And you know when I come cold and tired<\/p>\n

It’s good to warm my bones beside the fire<\/p>\n

For I have become comfortably numb<\/p>\n

All the way out here, in this space hub.<\/p>\n

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