Here goes nothing……
(Untitled, it was really hard to come up with a Seuss like title)
On a day like today
At the Airport Garoo
Young Henry sat dreaming
For a minute or two.
Then his uncle walked up
and said “Henry, we’re next”
“Our plane will be boarding”
“Why look so perplexed?”
I’m just sitting here thinking
about planes and where they all go?
I mean- look at them all…..
wouldn’t you like to know?
How often and when-
and where do they fly?
How much time do they spend-
up in that sky?
Do they fly to those places
Further than you and I know
Do they fly to those places-
just where do they go?
By my count a plane-
takes flight each minute at least
Some will head west
and some just head east
Ill bet one or two of those planes
go to the island of Tup
Where each house is all pink
and the farms all farm Shupp
I’ll bet they fly far
Farther than you and I’ve ever been
Like that one place I read of
Though I can’t tell you when
It was a place that’s called Stuudle
On the island of Brike
A place that I promise
You and I wouldn’t like
Every day until nightfall
The Stuudle’s carry water uphill
Then back down to fetch more
Chanting, “There’s a way, there’s a will.”
See the town of Stuudle
Sits on the Mountain Van-upt
Which is really volcanic
And any day will erupt
So they carry the water
And pour it out to-
The mountains hot steamy center
In hopes the lava wont spew
But the planes must fly farther
Past the places we’ll ever go
Where the Summers are Winters
To a place like FahShow
Since their Winters are Summers
Their Fall must be Spring
Cuz their Daytime’s our Nighttime
And their Queen is their King
Fly much further out there
And the Planes reach the end of the line
Which suits all the Pilots
And Stewards just fine
Further out in the world
I think lives few people there
Mostly scientists and loners
If you really do care
There are small towns like Readsies
In the Country of Prup
The only place known
To eat Tups Farmed Shupp
Way out further still
Is the Island of Zinn
Where a strange tribe all lives there
Whose names are all Ken
Then there’s Valloompa and Stoompa
and Yango and Flive
Where wild three footed animals
Just might eat you alive
Thankfully though
All those planes have flown by
And our plane just goes home
We’ll soon be up in the sky
Now the next plane that’s leaving
From the Airport Garoo
Takes us home from our trip
Where we might just see you
I think you nailed it.