Monday 11 August 2014

The Great Paradoxes of Modern Life Part 4

The Great Paradoxes of Modern Life Part 4






1. . . . One Small Step for Man One Giant Leap for Mankind

2 . . Oooooo I dont like them let's fire this big rocket at them

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  1. The first man
    to get mad
    at a second man
    threw a
    rock at him.
    Now they just
    rocket at a whim.
    The third man
    to get mad
    at a fourth man
    hit him
    on the
    arm with a stick.
    Today we have
    learned to buy
    armor really thick.
    Now I'm stuck
    trying to
    figure out
    what kinda rhymes with
    intercontinental ballistic missle
    instead of cannon ball, stick, and thistle.

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    1. Very good Mr ESB . . .

      A classic piece if poet-tree.
      As good as Percy Bysshe Shelley.
      And better than . . . . . me.


      Interestingly I had thought last night of writing a poem about a Mechanical Zombie Bird, something that has not been seen and never heard.

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    2. I wrote that poem just shortly before I found out about Robin Williams. Your words "rocket at them" gave me a nudge in the "write" direction. I think writing poetry is one of the most satisfying events of the human experience, or maybe reciting to a crowd.

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    3. I look forward to seeing MZB words.

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    4. I look forward to seeing your MZB words. Sorry, operating on veRy little sleep.

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  2. Neil Armstrong claims his radio transmission went out and he truly did say, "One small step for A man, and I'm pretty sure I can see all of the brown people countries from up here, do you want me to shoot the rockets now or should I wait?" A lot of people don't know that he said that before that bit about "mankind."

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    1. I guess asking a man called Neil to stand up for the best in mankind is a paradox for sure.

      Folk dont know but the Vikings reached the moon over five hundred years ago. . . one day they will find the long boat and then folk will sit up and say GOSH. . . . apparently Elvis was buried in it.

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