Poetry Thursday

Meet George Jetson

Jane his wife

He had read a lesson

About living in the air, high above the strife

II

First George bought an Aerocar

That he couldn’t help but show off

Despite Elon’s design the flying car didn’t go far

And his friends told him airborne cars were best left to Asimov

III

Buttt, George would not relinquish the dream of Star City

High in the sky amongst family and friends

Living in the clouds would be pretty   

Seeing a world without end

IV

What George needed was financial backers

If his sky city idea would come true

But the money men told him he was clearly crackers

And George cursed them because no one wanted to invest in anything new

V

So George built the house himself

And called it a sky home even though it did not get off the ground

Jane moved in with him on September 12th

With Astro a basset hound. 

VI

After ten years George finally finished his home

In the center was an engine that began to roar

The house lifted and burst through the atmospheric dome

And into space the house did soar

VII

Judy laughed then asked how they got down

A startled George dropped his coffee cup

And said to Judy with  a frown

“I only built it to go up.”