you shouldve been there <br />everybody else was <br />at least it seemed <br />in july <br />in nineteen <br />and sixty-nine a d <br />i sat at my desk in school <br />like all the others <br />gorging on the greatness of it all <br />on this spectacle of vertical <br />liftoff from the earth <br />this reaching beyond ourselves <br />this voyage of all mankind <br />happening before my very eyes <br />we were mesmerized <br />by the seduction of the beast <br />the saturn five series rocket <br />the behemoth we <br />held our breath we <br />held on to each other we <br />were speechless in <br />fact in awe of it <br />of everything <br />every one of us <br />everyone wanting <br />to cheer out loud oh <br />cmon lets light this candle <br />lets do this and <br />lets do the other thing <br />lets soar to the stars <br />and beyond <br />lets seize the glory <br />we fucking rock <br />watch us walk <br />on the moon <br /> <br />2005<br /><br />Jeffrey SpahrSummers<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/top-this-television-moment/
