Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Captain Lou

A rocket ship sailing across the sky,
with young Captain Lou waving
as he passed the planets by.

Stars whizzed by, and blinked out of sight,
as did comets and meteors and suns
and moons as he zipped through the night.

Beyond the reaches of the stars,
above Mercury,
and below Mars.

Away he went where none had gone,
and for many days he carried on,
until at last Lou came to see:

A rocket ship sailing across the sky,
with young Captain Lou waving
as he passed the planets by.

Stars whizzed by, and blinked out of sight,
as did comets and meteors and suns
and moons as he zipped through the night.

Beyond the reaches of the stars,
above Mercury,
and below Mars.

Away he went where none had gone,
and for many days he carried on,
until at last Lou came to see:

A rocket ship sailing across the sky,
with young Captain Lou waving
as he passed the planets by.

Stars whizzed by, and blinked out of sight,
as did comets and meteors and suns
and moons as he zipped through the night.

Beyond the reaches of the stars,
above Mercury,
and below Mars.

Away he went where none had gone,
and for many days he carried on,
until at last Lou came to see: