Two Hype Tales Poem by Bill Grace

For years my being a watch nut -
when the great astronaut came to visit -
I asked him
about
the Omega space watch.
The story he told
was quite simple.
Near launch
someone
felt the astronauts
should have a watch.
So, someone
went down to the base exchange
which just happened to have
three Omegas in stock.

Voila!

With a dash of Madison Avenue
for leaven
THE MOON WATCH
was born.

Witness copy from the box
Of a Fisher Space Pen:
' xxx
Xxx'
Interesting
the Russians figured out
a pencil could work just fine.

On
THE MOON WATCH
I only know
central inventory
was never able
to fill my order.