Monday, April 06, 2026

NaPoWrMo #6: More than a Three-Hour Tour

 I’ve heard more than one story on NPR about our astronauts who are circling the moon, but the top story seems to be about the broken toilet. It is now fixed, and they gave details on how it works. We are floating pee out into space. Woah!

 

More than a Three-Hour Tour

Artwork by ANDRI TEGAR MAHARDIKA

A toilet is a luxury

Whether you are on land or sea

The thing that is produced

When we eat nuts or soup

Has to go away somehow

Methane has a pow

That has popped our balloon

As it gets hotter

We fly to the moon

And still, we worry

How to rid human slurry

In space, it seems impossible

To let our bodies go

An emergency it was

When the equipment broke ‘cause

No one knew how to fix it

They had no baling wire or spit

The toilet was a high-powered vacuum

As there was no other bathroom

Space Plumer to the rescue!

That crew member they foresee

Would be needed to keep things runnin’

The astronauts are full of glee

Flying past the moon

Relieved not to use their own spoons

But are on a luxury tour

A working toilet with a private door

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