Famous photo of Luna Park at night, 1904. The most electric bulbs ever on display up to that point in history.
By Susan D. Harris
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I was dancing with Max Fleischer,
And his animals on the moon.
Soon I was Somewhere in Dreamland,
Sung to sleep by a cricket’s tune.
∞
I didn’t dream of marble halls,
Nor did angels appear to me;
Instead, I saw electric lights
Lighting Luna Park by the sea.
∞
A warm breeze brushed by me gently;
Salty air of a summer night.
The full moon challenged Edison
On who had the right to give light.
∞
They both prevailed till the dawn broke;
Parrish painted the morning sky.
Pierrot bowed, the curtain came down,
And the sun spread her wings to fly.
∞
A pleasant dream I awoke from,
On a tranquil but rocky shore,
Where we kindred souls had gathered,
Remembering 1904.
∞
We’re ‘children of paradise’ now,
Perplexed by the stage far below.
We tired of the din and chaos,
Our lost planet had come to know.
∞
Tired of computers and cell phones,
Tired of gadgets and high-tech toys,
Weary of lies and deception,
And dirty political ploys.
∞
If Einstein had only slowed time,
In a world advancing too fast,
We might not have felt so trapped there,
As if gravity stole our past.
∞
So we’re on the moon with Fleischer,
We escaped unnoticed last night.
We have no plans for returning,
It was strictly a one way flight.
∞
A comet will blaze through heaven,
Like a beacon to all mankind,
Beckoning others to join us,
If they feel the earth too unkind.
∞
Tell them we yearned for long ago,
When the greatest thrill there could be,
Was strolling through the lights at night,
Down in Luna Park by the sea.
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