it seems we can’t avoid
the asteroid

so Bezos builds a cock-shaped rocket
gets Amazon trucks to stock it
charges a billion bucks to go on it

the usual suspects apply:
all the sheikhs in Dubai
Trump, natch
an extra seat for his thatch
Zuckerberg, Musk, Gates
Putin and assorted mates
the back seats sprawling with plutocrats
sundry arsey aristocrats
the guy who bought Tiffany’s
having an epiphany
at the porthole tearfully
as the doors slam shut
and before you can tut
the rocket shoots up in a cloud of dust

but oh! what a shock!
it flies
through the skies
straight into the rock
coming in from the sun at one o’clock

and the first thing wiped
is the rocket in flight

which is good to know
‘cos the crowd below
need something to smile about before they go