A conversation with the Moon - Patrick Burns

[Larry Robinson]

A conversation with the Moon 

You are in your heavens Miz Moon 
And I am in my cups.  
The Japanese named their Lunar Goddess 
"Tsukiyomi-no-mikoto"
("The Great, The Exalted")
And, luminous as you are tonight
Surrounded by a galaxy of stars, 
I certainly concur.
Artemis was the handle 
For  your Exalted-ness,
That Socrates and Homer 
Used in prayer.
And in some yesterday, 
For that for same purpose.
The Romans renamed you 
 ......"Diana"
That was after 
The Big  Botta Bang
of course
But before the Pope 
was a Catholic,
And before the botta bing 
(Blame it on the brandy, Miz Moon )
Will a Moon Goddess 
still accept a prayer, 
>From a punster
For one who really shined.
On this day...,Septemer 9th
in 1940, John Lennon was born 
In the midst of bombing raids 
on Liverpool
Just to be Hinkled to his end 
on my birthday 12/8/1980
Please shine brightly on that boy 
Today and  or all time
Remember each night, his prayer 
"Give Peace A Chance."
Thank you, and good morning.

	- Patrick Burns