Been meaning to write about this for a while:
Thus have I heard:
The planet Venus is sometimes so bright
it is mistaken for the lights of an airplane
and so during WWII
anti-aircraft crews would try to shoot it down
shooting at the stars like
a drunken cowboy shooting out streetlights
shooting at the stars like
a little boy throwing stones at the top of Olympus
shooting at the stars like
a dribbling ejaculation
shooting at the stars like
pissing into the hurricane
shooting at the stars like
slandering the Buddha
shooting at the stars like
trying to blow out the sun or deny the moon's tidal pull
shooting at the stars like
trying to deny love
to deny the goddess Venus
hopeless mistaken heroism -
the wise man knows when to fight