From Rochdale to the Stars

They say it rains diamonds on Saturn

and that Mars has miles of canals,

I wonder if the shopping trolleys

are from Asdas on Phobos or Demos.

[Does the Earth rise on Mercury?
If Venus is green, why don't we go there?
Would we be jovial on Jupiter?
Will our rocket to Saturn be called Luna-5?]

Between the planets

back-pages of the Daily Comet

are blown in the Solar Wind.

What happens when the sun

disappears behind the Oort Cloud,

is that when those diamonds fall?

[Do Makemake and Haumea
pass by on the Kuiper Belt,
behind the cuddly toy
and the Quaoar Teasmade?]

I’m going to buy that ticket,

take that rocket beyond the moon.

Perhaps I’ll make sense of it,

or maybe just come home

with a diamond in my pocket.