Paul Gauguin and Yuri Gagarin
Together in circumpolar orbit

Paul's painting the lovely aurora
Yuri's intent on his switches and knobs

There's droplets of every color everywhere
The capsule is spotted with yellow and blue
With red and magnenta and seafoam green
Floating in zero-gee

Soon they'll go off the scopes
They'll splash down in the south pacific
And rendezvous with the native canoes