Spaceman

A rocket-ship meanders past Neptune and Pluto - the two lovers
separated by gravity; never to meet but always in sync.
A lost astronaut spirals through space, on a collision course
with nothing and density. Oh, Spaceman, tell me what you see!
From up above, do you see me? Do you see life and anguish and
the children too young to see? The city lights like fireflies under the
fingernails of humanity. Do we shine through the infinite vacuum?
Spaceman, your air supply is low, and your food ran out a week ago.
Quite unbeknownst to you, the situation is rather similar way down here.
Do you see ribcages and wildfires? You sent out signal flares and radio waves
but our ears are too new to see.

A rocket-ship collides with an unknown planet; like a camel through
the eye of a needle, as if that’s a good metaphor for humanity.
A long-dead astronaut tumbles through a sandstorm, he feels like
he’s on top of the world. Oh, Spaceman, tell me what you see!
From down below, do you see me? Do you see death and poverty?
Do you see me wander through the land that you once claimed? Well,
broken jars and hamburger bars litter the desert, we’ve pissed in
the footprints you left. Spaceman, your bones decayed to dust; our
memories far too fragile for you to live forever. The wind won’t keep
us apart anymore, the dust settles on the remnants of humanity.
Oh, you’ll never come home again.