The Dark Side of the Moon
Nuclear plants faced big fines
They’d filled all cave and mines
In Vegas, locals now know
You can gamble AND can glow
Like the bright, full harvest moon
Edict came down from on high
Nuke garbage would now fly
And be stored, safe and secure
In a place with no allure
On the dark side of the moon
Computer parts also flown
With spent missiles to the Zone
That waited in deep space
Old Man Moon’s Janus face
On the dark side of the moon
Flotsam and jetsam were sent up
Poisons, deep-water sludge went up
And rich people paid good money
Ashes placed, “Him” and “Honey”
On the dark side of the moon
As long as folks could view
The same pizza-pie milieu
They wouldn’t burst the bubble
Nor cause a whit of trouble
‘Bout the dark side of the moon
Scientists perturbed
Moon’s balance was disturbed
The orbit now decayed,
There soon was no more shade
On the dark side of the moon
Imagine each frightened soul
When La Luna spun out of control
And the first place it hit
Was Alamos with nuke shit
From the dark side of the moon
© Amy Barlow Liberatore/Sharp Little Pencil
Poetic Asides, the blog that got me started in poetry (thanks, Robert Lee Brewer and all the Street gang!) had an intriguing prompt: Out of this world. I’d been thinking about this concept for a long while. Peace, and keep the moon crap-free! Amy
Sharp Little Pencil 
California Ink in Motion
Very interesting concept you have going here. Just loved the last stanza! I know NV is having issues with Nuke waste, as CA is as well. Perhaps we can share the waste and glow together!
Sharp Little Pencil
“And we’ll all glow together, when we glooooooow…” Song just came to mind, LOL. Love you, Ms! Amy
Madeleine Begun Kane
Good poem! I stopped by to congratulate you. You won an Honorable Mention for your limerick! Limerick of the Week 25. Thanks for your fun contribution!
Sharp Little Pencil
Madeleine, I am THRILLED to be in such great company! Thanks so much – I only post when it’s reasonably good, so you don’t have to wade through my mish-mash (as opposed to misk mask!). Peace, Amy
viv blake
Just wow! I see a different meaning to the word ‘nuke’ – ie as a verb. But of course the word nuclear would have messed up the rhythm. I wasn’t sure whether you were fantasising, or whether there is a basis of fact in your poem. I know that there is so much junk out there in space that inevitably there will be a catastrophe when it collides.
Sharp Little Pencil
It was indeed a fanciful notion, sort of a “follow the logic of stupid politicians” sort of poem. And the comment on the “right side” looking good, so people won’t notice, is kind of like the NIMBY concept (Not In My Back Yard). As long as folks don’t see it, they don’t care. Thanks, hon. Amy
Luke Prater
Strong write. Does remind me of my favourite album though…
Sharp Little Pencil
Don’t think Pink Floyd was not on my mind when I came up with the concept! Nice catch, Luke. Amy
islandcat2u
Oh yes, we have lost a Vegas loved one to the glowing dark side of the moon.
Sharp Little Pencil
Is THAT where he’s hiding… and sparkling? Amy
Renee Espriu
One never knows the consequences of the domino effect of decisions made here that will ultimately effect the universe. Well done!
Sharp Little Pencil
Thank you, Renee, and isn’t it so believable, yet so heinous to ever consider? I am so warped, sometimes I worry… but then I get distracted, and la la la la, hee hee. Appreciate the compliment! Amy
Pat Hatt
Really out of this world and on to another. Yes I’m sure we’d mess it up just as we do here, thinking we’re above it all, so best to leave the moon alone and everywhere else out there for that matter.
Sharp Little Pencil
Preaching to the choir, but you know that, Pat. Just musing on what stupid thing politicians will come up with next to justify nuclear energy as “clean,” when it’s anything but. Thanks, Amy
contemplativemoorings
If only Roger Waters had known…
Sharp Little Pencil
Ha, ha, he wrote me an email about it. I almost died laughing, because I’m the pastor’s wife and made a similar typo recently; even though I corrected it in an edit, it appeared in its original form as a “Fave” at a site. RED FACE!! Amy
Kwee Lewis
Yes! I always enjoy the images that come with your “commentary” on issues. And yes, I enjoy the commentary and can’t think of an issue you’ve addressed yet where I disagreed with you. For that, I truly thank you. Sometimes, I really need the affirmation and the agreement.
Sharp Little Pencil
Kwee, sweet thing, you are always always in my heart. Amy
Luke Prater
harvest moon.. dark side of the moon.. I am hearing Neil Young and Pick Floyd! bt the message is clear and I dig it
Sharp Little Pencil
Yeah, look, and what a shitty harvest on the moon, right? Can you imagine if some nitwit got this into his or her head. Given our Congress, anything is possible. “Clean nuclear energy,” my ass! Yeah, heard Pink Floyd, and it seems like a subject they would take on. Neil, too. Thanks so much for stopping by! Amy
Heather Whitley Gibson
Nuclear plants faced big fines
They’d filled all cave and mines
In Vegas, locals now know
You can gamble AND can glow
Like the bright, full harvest moon
wow, growing up around a plant, this just hit me hard. I love the references, on and on. It is a gamble and yet a problem that takes gambling and time. N. young, and living on lake Ontario growing up with ice cream cones tasteing like dead fish….Floyd and living near pittstburgh and then out west.I love the particulars in your writing without over-a-statement- a great mouthful.TC_TG
Sharp Little Pencil
Heather, again, thanks. How did you get this far back on my blog? Must have searched certain words.
Ice cream tasting like dead fish? Clam swirl? YUCK! Peace, Amy
Heather Whitley Gibson
I do a random approach when I want to get a broader feel, also it helps me to read more when I am behind…love your profile-me to-I laughed-I saw it after I read.me too.