There was a young girl called Michelle
Who always loved racing pell-mell.
She raced in the house .She raced in the school,
She always raced in the swimming pool.
She raced into town. She raced into church
And left others trailing in her lurch.
She raced to her exams and to her new occupation
As Rocket researcher for the new Space Station.
She raced in the air in her latest new rocket.
She raced to the moon and the stars.
She raced to find Governments willing to spend
Their money on racing to Mars.
But she saw a strange spacecraft while out on her travels
Which raced even faster - of course.
So she persuaded the world to invest in new motors
Where they used gravitational force.
Others got stuck whilst her problems were solved
With a spacecraft even better - not worse
And she ended up racing much faster than light
Around the depths of the Universe.
