Ka-Poof!

‘Of course there isn’t a God out there,

We’re here, for better or worse,

The world just happened,’ he said to me,

‘The same as the universe!

One day nothing, and then Ka-poof

The planets appeared in space,

They happened from nothing,’ said Hedley Boof,

‘The same as the human race.’

 

‘So you don’t believe in a guiding hand,

You don’t believe in design,

Our trucks and cars just rattle together

And bring themselves off the line.’

‘Well now, that’s different,’ he said to me,

We do whatever we can,

Who can fathom the brains behind

The ingenious works of man?’

 

‘But man himself, such a complex thing,

You say that he just evolved?

Each one grown from a tiny egg,

You think…’ ‘Yes, problem solved!

We started once as a single cell

Came out of the primal slime,

Adapted to our environment

In a billion years of time.’

 

‘So brains and livers and kidneys came,

And eyes just happened, you say,

And hands and fingers and teeth and hair,

And what about D.N.A?’

‘Oh, science is there to explain these things,

To me, it doesn’t seem odd,

In all the journals of science, you

Will not read a word of God.’

 

‘It’s all just superstition,’ he said,

‘Man needs to believe there’s more,

He makes up things like spirits and souls

That will take him beyond death’s door.’

‘So you’ll be happy to not exist

When death comes, gives you the nod?

I think that’s probably better for you

Than the terrible glare of God!’

 

David Lewis Paget

Reviews

[Lena M. P.]

Oh David this is priceless! There was God before Science and there will be God even after the big Scientific Bang! Being in the science field I have had this discussions on several occasions. I actually feel sorry that these people have nothing to look forward too.

[Sir Joseph]

Probably one of my favorite poems yet! Love the stance you took and the mocking tone was quite amusing! You sir are an amazing writer!

[quinfinn]

you honestly don't want to get me wound up and started on theology...i am pagan, and i have no patience for man's drivel about divinity.....this is a clever and passion fueled write. i enjoyed it tremendously. thank you for sharing ....

[Kenilo Kent]

On their faces... A means to an end but this poem was an end itself! I belive God is a scientific God! Miracles are what we call science!

[Becky C Strukamp]

What can I say! You have creatively and intellectually taken on a wide range of topics and you never disappoint. Bravo my friend. A constructive and controversial handled with care!

[A Soap Mess Stories]

Interesting poetry! :-)

[Marc Marlon Villaflor]

Brilliant write Mr. David, love the idea of injecting the scientific theory in the realm of creative poetry. It is fresh and uncomparable. Thanks for sharing!