by Dan Campion

“Voyager 1 spacecraft phones home with transmitter that hasn’t been used since 1981”
—Space.com

As far as that transmitter knows,
It’s Ronald Reagan’s year
To speak in presidential prose
That soothes the nation’s ear.
Dear NASA, please, for heaven’s sake,
Don’t let it know of MAGA!
Its old, awakened heart may break.
Then, farewell, cosmic saga.