<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=477483" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Divorce of the Moon</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The day arrived<br>And the engineers came.<br>They turned on the new lamps.<br>These cutting- edge outdoor lanterns<br>Glared with enormously powerful lights, <br>Flooding the whole blue planet<br>With shining effulgence.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The lights were very radiant.<br>They shone <br>With such brilliant incandescence<br>That the night completely disappeared <br>From the Earth.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The Moon became very pale then<br>And felt she was not needed anymore.<br>Betrayed and heavy hearted<br>She decided to abandon the Earth.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And so in the small hours of a Friday<br>The Moon cast<br>A last and sad glance<br>On her spouse, the glowing Blue Globe.<br>And then with a sorrowful smile <br>She took her suitcase and passport<br>And emigrated to another galaxy.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The inhabitants of the Earth<br>Were truly and profoundly shocked, <br>Because men, women and children <br>Were very attached to the Moon.<br>And now they missed her dearly.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">So people wanted to do something<br>And they started to organize<br>Mass demonstrations.<br>Carrying their banners<br>Along the streets and boulevards<br>They clamored and chanted in unison: <br>Bring back the Moon to us! <br>Oh, bring back, <br>Oh, bring back<br>Oh, bring back<br>The Moon! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Soon there was disorder everywhere<br>And riots broke out in all the big cities.<br>The police could hardly control <br>The violence and had to use teargas <br>And batons to disperse the angry mobs.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Facing a perilous situation<br>And trying to solve the crisis<br>The government held <br>Around the clock emergency meetings.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">However, at the end <br>The politicians realized <br>That they cannot bring back the Moon.<br>So they decided<br>To enact a new law <br>That raised taxes by 27 percent.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Paul+Hartal">Paul Hartal</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=477483" data-title="The Divorce of the Moon de Paul Hartal" data-description="The day arrived And the engineers came. They turned on the new lamps. These cutting- edge outdoor lanterns Glared with enormously powerful lights, Flooding the whole blue planet With shining effulgence. The lights were very radiant. They shone ..."></div> </div> </div>

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