Goddo & Me

Perhaps people are just a side-issue....

 

‘He slept through the Paleozoic Age,

He yawned through Neanderthal Man,

When dinosaurs walked, he was fixing a hole

In the floor of the Sea of Japan,

When Lincoln was making your favourite speech

He was out with a spanner, near Mars,

Adjusting some angle, inclined to the sun,

And admiring his favourite Stars.’

 

‘It was fun in those days, when he used to display

An amazing addiction to Math,

His Geometry, angles, and parallel spangles

He’d scatter whilst running his bath;

His compass, divider and measuring tools

I would hide, with the keys to his locks,

When questioned, he’d say that he’d need them today

For precessing the Equinox.’

 

‘I never thought much of mechanical things,

I left all that headwork to him,

I wanted some other distraction for me

So he gave me Original Sin;

He made me an Adam, then added an Eve

And he left me to play - (on my terms);

I sent them an Avatar Serpent to tempt,

And an apple, corrupted with worms.’

 

‘He left me alone for a while, I suppose,

While adjusting Orion, its Belt,

For thousands of years I played havoc with those

Who thought Eve was spelt Evil - Misspelt!

The trouble began when he came back again

And he saw what I’d done to his art,

That stuff about tempting his son, I declare

It was innocent fun - Cross my heart!’

 

‘Now lately he seems to be old, and he’s tired

And he sleeps while the engine goes round,

When he wakes and he knuckles his rheumy old eyes,

I just tell him the planet is sound.

But cyclones and earthquakes and floodings and droughts

Are my special pet projects, you see;

I hate to be bored, and it’s only good sport

For the likes of old Goddo and me.’

 

David Lewis Paget

Reviews

[Helen Crutchett]

Dear David,

This is the second poem of yours that I have put on my 'reading list'.

I need more time to devour your treats and will do so in a more leisurely manner....you know, sitting comfortably, with a drink in my hand (coke) and some nibblees.

Let the curtain go up and the fun begin!

Later...

[LadyNaida]

This was an amazing and beautiful poem.

[Dark Empress]

This is incredible, thank you for sharing this poem

[Kasey Miriam]

This is a fabulous poem! I really enjoyed the lines and stanzas here. It's a very insightful poem. Thank you for sharing and thanks to Tate Morgan for pointing this out to me

I bow and applaud... Simply fantastic as it reaches deep in my soul and brings thoughts I have in the past pushed away...Tell me more...

[FOih;]

Is it wiser to fear God, or follow unafraid?

[FOih;]

I am starkly reminded of a past,
upon the hilt of Orion's sword I grasped
aghast at chance to befit a peasant
with the mighty sword of an ancient
and be told the truth of lots cast,
I could not accept the stance
that between the heaven and the earth,
stood a human of divine birth
through prayer and fast Oh fast,
this pace cannot last
for in time of heart we hear voices cry from under dirt
move Lazarus and be well!
let Christ choose those who redeem hell
for darkness cannot stand the light
nor can I

[Bright Ocean Star]

Brilliant! Absolutely love this! You are the rhyming master, and you had me with the first line. This earned a coveted spot in the favorites category. Thank you very much, Mr. David Paget. I am very pleased to meet you and read your work...a great way to end a Saturday night....:)

[Christopher Robin]

Working through read requests is a dreary business, but it's the gold nuggets like this that make it all worthwhile. This is simply fantastic. Good Goddo it's refreshing to see this level of talent around here.

-Robin

[Ian Gilmour]

Good write. This is a fun way of looking not only at the perspective of our priorities, but also our role in the universe, if we even have one that is.