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…