My Ongoing Exploration of Earth
My Ongoing Exploration of Earth
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This is a poem I wrote in 2017. I imagine all of my poetry set to music but I am rarely able to come up with my own tunes. This poem I imagine set to the tune of Candle In The Wind by Elton John. John was fresh out of school He worked on the railroad too When he met a girl And Daisy was her name He said, come along with me We’ll live the American dream If we stick together Nothing will hold us down There was a rocky start John was sent off to war But the allies won And he made it back okay He studied to become an engineer Learned every bolt, valve, and gear To make enough income To buy the perfect home He said, together we’ll beat the odds Just you wait and see Happily ever after Just you and me And we won’t let this world Get the best of us ever again We’re gonna make it We’re always gonna win Daisy and John started a family Soon their children numbered three They kept them well-disciplined And in perfect health They were living the dream They made the perfect team Their commitment let Them ride out any storm Had no need of charity Were models of self-sufficiency John said, all it takes Is hard work and careful thought They always carried an extra one or two In case the first one blew There was no problem They weren’t ready for He said, Together we’ll beat the odds Just you wait and see Happily ever after Just you and me And we won’t let this world Get the best of us ever again We’re gonna make it We’re always gonna win By fine-tuning every task They made every tool last John said, there’s no need To buy it just ‘cause it’s new Maintenance is key To longevity Whether our bodies, The car, or the home They took all their vitamins Stayed far away from sin Sickness was banned From their utopia They planned for every contingency Had systems to correct for failing memory, Failing vision, Or limited mobility He said, together we’ll beat the odds Just you wait and see Happily ever after Just you and me And we won’t let this world Get the best of us ever again We’re gonna make it We’re always gonna win They always knew they’d last Now seven decades passed While those in town All ended up divorced Daisy asked, if we made it this long Why can’t we go on? An eighty-year anniversary Sounds pretty good to me Though some things had also gone wrong John asked, where have all the railways gone? And the peace I fought for Sure didn’t last very long They discontinued our favorite brands So we had to change the plans They just don’t make things The way they used to do Still, together we’ll beat the odds Just you wait and see Happily forever after Just you and me And we won’t let this world Get the best of us ever again We’re gonna make it We’re always gonna win What! We had systems to back up loss of vision, mobility, and memory But now I’m losing all three I’m lucky to have You around, Daisy She said, I just can’t do it John I feel that something's wrong And where are we right now? And shouldn’t the kids be home from school? What are we supposed to do? Just me and you? He answered, we’ll get through it together Just like we always do And then came that dawn When Daisy was gone Now there’s nothing to do And no one to do it for What happened to our happily ever after? What happened to our dream? Our perfect home Has come apart at the seams How could I forget That everything must end? Perpetual motion is impossible; Entropy always wins
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This is a poem I wrote in 2017. I imagine all of my poetry set to music but I am rarely able to come up with my own tunes. This poem I imagine set to the tune of Thunderstruck by AC/DC. The ending is patterned after the ending of Dirty Deeds by the same group. It was hot - steam risin' up from the ground And you look, but there's no one around And the sun, it floats high in the sky As the flies, leeches, and ticks suck you dry You hack through thorns, stumble over vines, blinded by sweat But you know you haven't seen civilization yet Your throat's so dry now, you'd kill for a drop of dew You find a dirty stream to drink from - and a croc takes a hold of you You've been...nature dunked! Yeah, yeah, yeah, nature sunk! Yeah, yeah, yeah, nature dumped! Nature sucks You're out walking, and you hear a strange sound Then the ground opens up, and you're falling down Surrounded by darkness, leg hurts too much to stand No way out, nothing to plan Can't climb with your leg, can't dig through stones Call out for rescue but you are all alone Hungry and thirsty, the days drag on You know, that soon you'll be gone You've been...nature stumped! Yeah, yeah, yeah, nature flunked! Yeah, yeah, yeah, nature punked! Nature sucks Up in the mountains - high, high in the air Your feet are frozen - yeah, your feet are bare Can't start a fire - there's no wood or fuel Icicles in your beard now - that's from your drool Lookin' for shelter just over the next ridge And you're seein' spots now, the air's so thin Then you see smoke in the distance, and you jump for joy Too loud! The avalanche whisks you away like a toy You've been...nature struck! Yeah, yeah, yeah, nature bucked! Yeah, yeah, yeah, nature bumped! Nature sucks Smallpox Lightning strikes Volcanic eruption! Vacuum exposure Supernovas Gravitational spaghettification! You've been...nature trumped! Yeah, yeah, yeah, nature fucked! Yeah, yeah, yeah, nature drunk! Oooh, yeah, you're out of luck! Oooh, yeah, a sitting duck! Yeah, yeah, yeah, nature sucks! Oooh, oooh, yeah, nature struck! Oooh, oooh, yeah, nature bucked! Yeah, yeah, yeah, nature dumped! This is a poem I wrote in 2017. I imagine all of my poetry set to music but I am rarely able to come up with my own tunes. This poem I imagine set to the tune of Skyfall by Adele. You never stick around You went and crushed my heart on the ground Ran off and left me down So down You want to get away Always running every night and day Pushing all those you know away You never stay This May We're going away To join our fates And play together This May On the roadway It will be okay If we stay together Don't you agree Both of us yearning to be free We'll keep each other company You and me Now I've planned everything I'm coming for you in the spring Together we'll spread our wings And sing This May We're going away To join our fates And play together This May On the roadway It will be okay If we stay together The dream is ours Sleeping out under the stars Exploring both near and far In my car On the road Searching for that pot of gold Seeing things both new and old We roll This May We're going away To join our fates And play together This May On the roadway It will be okay If we stay together We will hold on Right the wrongs Sing this song And be stronger together We will stand long Come dusk and dawn So come on Because we belong together This May We're going away To join our fates And play together This May On the roadway It will be okay If we stay together |
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