One can hardly,

in empty space

come up with it off the cuff,

It is as if from the moon one is heard.

This needs to be considered early on:

One is following in footsteps,

which have lasted for six decades!

And you're not the first.

This is the most difficult task:

to give birth to a word of the century.

“Hi, we’re back” won’t quite cut it.

“Revisited” should also be removed.

Armstrong was a Mouthpiece.

It's questionable whether it can be improved.

„We come in peace“ –

What a slap in the face!

(But it probably already was back then.)

Neil's job was essentially just this:

to plant a flag

to dance patriotically around it.

Nevertheless, people believed in it:

A man is now hopping around for us,

For humanity, for you and me!

I imagined it to be very intimate.

Now I am older,

my blood colder,

and Neil's flag has faded.

What she stood for,

I am aware of that.

But I crossed out his country.

out of my confidence in the future.

I don't think it would be Neil's Land either,

Because today it is a rogue state.

The arch-villain has something ready,

the word,

that there

in the distant place,

humanity listens

how he roars it:

„Small step for Trump!

Giant deal for the U.S!

Now let’s grab some crater!“

(Neil Armstrong famously uttered the historic words "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind" on July 21, 1969, during the first moonwalk. At least, that's what he intended to say; whether he omitted the "a" before "man" remains a matter of debate. The audio recording doesn't quite capture the indefinite article. But the clearly audible "man" has since fallen victim to the woke craze. I recently heard the distorted version on German radio: "This is a small step for me, a giant leap for mankind." There should be no doubt that Armstrong was a man, rightfully acknowledged his manhood, and brought no uncertainties about it with him to the moon.)