Marvin Maroon (a trip to the Moon)

Marvin Maroon
Took a trip to the moon,
Told all his friends
He would be back by noon.
He packed all this things
In a large carpet bag
Had so much stuff,
It made his back sag.

When he arrived,.
After such a long drive,
He was somewhat dismayed
To find no one alive.
But then from in back
Of some dust covered hills
Came a little old man
In a sign , said “EAT BILL’S”

He pointed the way,
A short little walk
In back of a dune
Where they both could talk,
And cupping his hands
In a secretive way
Said, “You’re the first person
That I’ve seen today.”

And then as he turned
And started to leave
A thought from his head
He seemed to retrieve.
To Marvin Maroon
Who stood there in wonder
Said, “I think that you
Might have made a small blunder.”

“if you’ve come to be
The man on the moon
You have arrived
Way, way, way much two soon.
I don’t retire
Till a hundred and three
And till then the man ]
On the moon is just me.”


1981