The Tourist Plan

‘We have to rule on the Tourist Plan,’

Said Rogan Inchalot,

‘If we haven’t come up with an answer soon

Then what have we really got?

The budget’s stuck into overdrive

And the costs are going to balloon!’

(The future hung in the balance

On that Saturnday afternoon!)

 

‘We’ve always kept it a secret,’ said

The man called Iron Girth,

‘So what do we want with the tourists,

All those imbeciles, from Earth!’

‘We need to collar the dollars,’ said

Minerva Astropine,

‘We’re never going to develop, if

We sit around, and whine!’

 

‘Our secret isn’t as safe today,

With all those satellites,

It’s becoming an inconvenience

Whenever we douse the lights!

The takings from the Casino drop

The punters stay in the dome,

We need to double our takings, then

Just send the tourists home!’

 

‘But what if they send their gangsters here,

Their armies, and their guns?

How will we ever defend ourselves,

You know how the story runs!

There’s twenty million refugees

I heard a broadcast say,

All spilling over their borders there,

In search of a place to stay!’

 

‘They’ll come out here in their feeble ships,

Break down, and S.O.S.,

While we’ll be expected to rescue them…’

‘In their dreams!’ said Gunter Hess.

The meeting called for a show of hands

But was plunged in a sudden gloom,

They’ve shut the book on the Tourist Plan

For the Dark Side of the Moon!

 

David Lewis Paget

Reviews

[Tate Morgan]

You create these wonders faster than i can send them out I swear you could write a book in one year easily.I like this especially after seeing the Greek girl who tweeted a note on her despising the immigrants of her country and was promptly booted from the games by her own country.We all worry about the immigrants But here it is in vain.We have a government twice the size of its predecessor just 10 yrs ago.That's a problem our baby boomers are retiring .Government workers dont pay social security .They have a "special " plan of their own funded by us. We need to import millions of illegals and give them citizenship .that way they can work pay taxes and fund our retirement

[roarke]

HA! ain't it da truth.
I really dig the names in this piece. Funny how the concept of tourism isn't exclusive to Earth...
Unless they've got a theme casino and wicked floor show, if you've seen one dark side of the moon, you've seen them all.
Fun stuff David.

[Marie]

"The Dark Side of the moon" indeed...I remember Pink Floydw well...
Perhaps you've solved the mystery.

[Dean Kuch®]

An intoxicating blend of Pink Floyd and Stanley Kubricks 2001: A Space Odyssey. Should be given the voice of music!
Excellent as always David...