a girl never forgets
her first battleship.

mine was sleek and
long with blasters blaring
surrounded by stars.

it literally took my breath away.

i don’t want disney
bastardizing a franchise that
opened the gateway to my love of
all things science plus fiction.

my skin crawls at the
very idea of singing frogs &
dancing flamingoes in scenes
intended for alien invasions,
gun toting heroics or
damsels not so distressed
coming in to save the day.