Hi Bob,
Yes, on reflection 'like' is probably the most important word in the piece,
because it isn't about an amateur astronomer or whatever astro-man is - I
know nothing about such things. It's about a lonely person who keeps trying
to connect, keeps believing that one day it will hapen. Maybe akin to
someone sitting at a screen and sending out poems and messages, waiting for
feedback and connection etc etc
Cheers,
Frank
> Hi Frank,
> Interesting poem, this!
> (Ha, I remember David Bowie's Star Man, and - from many more decades ago -
a
> TV programme with the phrase "Flying Doctor calling Base... Flying Doctor
> calling Base... But, like with the jelly I mentioned in the last post -
and
> which I could well have eaten watching the programme - I digress!!!).
> The second word of the poem intrigues me... "He's LIKE a" - it adds to its
> sadness.
> Bob
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> >From: Frank Faust <[log in to unmask]>
> >Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: sub - a contact for astro-man
> >Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 21:28:36 +1000
> >
> >a contact for astro-man
> >
> >he's like an astro-man
> >at the wireless
> >sending messages into the sky
> >waiting for a contact
> >from far away
> >in places he has never been
> >but believes in
> >with a fervour
> >like religion
> >a kind of mania
> >that drives him every night
> >even when the sounds
> >start out with the oooo-eeee-oooo
> >that hints there'll be nothing out there this time
> >he keeps turning dials
> >and sending
> >heart-felt messages
> >
> >once he thought he had a contact
> >with a shooting star
> >but it passed right through his signal range
> >so quickly
> >that now he wonders
> >and this time he's hoping
> >for a pulsar
> >that might hear him
> >and send a signal back
> >to say hello in static
> >or thrum a rhythmic beat
> >that will let him know for sure
> >he is not alone
> >in the universe
> >
> >an astro-man
> >a pedant if you start him up
> >because he still believes
> >there'll be a signal out there one day
> >tuned in to his frequency
> >
> >if he only searches hard enough
> >and patiently
> >there'll be a contact
> >from way out in the great nowhere
> >
> >someone will hear him
> >
> >~
> >
> >Want poetry? Try my Tales of Faust web page at http://tales-of-faust.com/
.
> >Enjoy.
>
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