À l'heure où l'on célèbre le cinquantenaire du premier alunissage humain, du petit pas pour l'homme et du grand pour l'humanité, à l'heure où la NASA présente son projet de retourner sur la Lune avant le grand bond vers Mars, poussée par l'alien à perruque siégeant à leur tête, je ne peux pas m'empêcher d'avoir en tête le rythme du tambourin de "Whitey on the Moon" de Gil Scott Heron car l'espace, frontière de l'infini vers laquelle... bon, ok mais ce serait bien aussi de regarder autour de nous avant de viser les étoiles.
A rat done bit my sister Nell.
(with Whitey on the moon)
Her face and arms began to swell.
(and Whitey's on the moon)
I can't pay no doctor bill.
(but Whitey's on the moon)
Ten years from now I'll be payin' still.
(while Whitey's on the moon)
The man jus' upped my rent las' night.
('cause Whitey's on the moon)
No hot water, no toilets, no lights.
(but Whitey's on the moon)
I wonder why he's uppi' me?
('cause Whitey's on the moon?)
I was already payin' 'im fifty a week.
(with Whitey on the moon)
Taxes takin' my whole damn check,
Junkies makin' me a nervous wreck,
The price of food is goin' up,
An' as if all that shit wasn't enough
A rat done bit my sister Nell.
(with Whitey on the moon)
Her face an' arm began to swell.
(but Whitey's on the moon)
Was all that money I made las' year
(for Whitey on the moon?)
How come there ain't no money here?
(Hm! Whitey's on the moon)
Y'know I jus' 'bout had my fill
(of Whitey on the moon)
I think I'll sen' these doctor bills,
Airmail special
(to Whitey on the moon)