Good heavens! This thread (now revived) has grown to Jovian proportions since I last looked at it.
Here's one from my archives, which I've probably posted elsewhere many years ago ...
The Ex-terrestrial
Yes, living here was tough at the beginning;
An airless desert, blistered by the sun.
It’s not a place for losers; used to winning,
We saw another challenge to be won.
Although at first confined to plastic domes
(This one was Branson’s; that belonged to Gates),
We’d set our hearts on vast palatial homes
With swimming pools and manicured estates.
We pooled our knowhow and ill-gotten gains
To siphon off Earth’s atmosphere and seas.
Today, we laugh with pleasure when it rains,
And sip Martinis in the evening breeze.
Of course, the people back on Earth all perished
When oxygen and water disappeared,
But frankly, there was no one that we cherished,
And life on Mars is sweeter than we’d feared.
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