Tragically Spaceless

Space, it was the final frontier.
But for NASA, there's no care.

Computers, kindles and flat-screens?
iPhones have all kinds of rings.
But for Space, there's what? Nothing?

All they watch is Jersey Shore.
They don't launch shuttles anymore.

Remember when we used to dream?
about discovering men of green?

Alas, no longer do they ponder,
of breaking past the wild blue yonder.

Zooming out beyond the stars?
Searching for those men from Mars?

I dreamt someday I'd have a ship
with speeds so fast your heart would skip!

Today that dream? It's just a blip,
deleted by a small pen tip.

"We don't need money for that now,"
said the man who won, somehow.

He said: "Instead we need more bread,
and less pollution made from lead!"

And I agreed we need those too,
along with funds for health and schools.

But what about the next big thing?
Some  software that can help us sing?
Or maybe help with everything?

That's what really bothers me,
Where will we find technology?

Velcro, cell phones, computer chips
Equipment using laser tips?

How 'bout neon lights to see?
TV's made with LCD's?

Without Space, you'd have these not!
Yoda, would agree, a lot!

Star Wars, ET, and Star Trek.
We used to love these, what the heck?

It seems people have turned away,
they do not watch these shows, today

Instead, they're voting for "The Voice."
For Sci-fi, there's a lot less choice.

And so, support for Space? It's dwindled.
And all it's luster? It's been swindled.

It's crazy now, a tragic shame
Our interest in the moon's so tame.

Our future without Space? It's lame,
and looking more like Hunger Games...