was into astronomy
and studied the skies every night.
He longed to discover
a star that no other
had spied with their telescope sight.
Ignoring such things
as Saturn's great rings
and comets like Halley's and more.
To galaxies new
his fixation grew
he would find it one day, he was sure.
He gazed past the stars
beyond Neptune and Mars
and strained to see further each night.
And although just a hobby
stargazing for Monty
became an obsession by rights.
His magnified lens
now known by his friends
as Monty's great love of his life.
They joked in their circles
that Monty's queer querkles
would never attract him a wife.
But one night by chance
as he strained with a glance
a far away spec could be seen.
" Great heavens abound
I think I have found
a new Planet,"
came Monty's wild scream!
He noted directions
for future inspections,
then telephoned his closest friend.
" Old Monty dear boy,"
said Monty's friends Roy,
" We'd all thought you'd gone round the bend!"
He then soon became
a victim of fame
as news of his planet got out.
The spec he had found
named Montgomery's Ground
was the one thing the world talked about.
He had gazed at the stars
beyond planets like Mars
in fact to the furthest of space.
Now on stargazer's maps,
where before was a gap,
Monty's planet is there in its place!
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