Friday 27 March 2015

Non Fiction Poetry

For no real reason but to acquire knowledge I decided it was time to write a poem that overviewed human history. So far I've just got to the point int he story where Muhammed is born 570AD. Or year 0 in the muslim calendar. But before year zero shitloads of stuff happened. Here's the first instalment.

It took 4.5 billion years of cold calling
 
Mr. Living Cell, I presume
And you be?
Bacteria, looking for a room
No thank-you
Let me explain, I’ll make you an offer
Please be on your way
Wait wait I provide free energy
No bill you will pay
Why didn’t you say?
Come in dear fellow
Sign on the dotted line
We’ll be partners till the end of time
May I ask
What took you so long?
I’ve been 4 billion years alone
I used match.com
But their algorithm said
We wouldn’t get on
Computers
(tuttut)
When will they learn?
Be calm comrade the worm has turned
To invent the Earth
Every living thing
Even God don’t know what we’ll bring
Bottles of wine
Crates of beers
Pretzels for fuel
And we promise
Promiscuous atmospheres
It’s hot it’s humid
No place for humans
Lizards grew big
Brains stayed small
No telescope to see
No missile to fire
The imminent crisis
Arising from spaces desire
As they played catch
Across Continents and sea
A meteor strike
Mexico injured
Crime scene
And almost home now
A few things are missing
Lets begin with the Isthmus
Came out of the sea
Near panama, where the canal be
To block up the passage way between two great seas
Gulf stream shifted
Big deal, we’ll see?
Then there’s India
Making its move
Shiva foresees
A collision between two
Heavyweight boxers
Ready to swing like fools
It’s round 65 million
The fight goes on
Him Vs Laya
Lets get it on
So lizards be gone
Isthmus test passed
Mountains arise

Lets unwrap our prize…