#3. Poem
The Day the Earth Blinked
The machines screeched, as technology ran
and consumed a zigawatt of power,
For the evilest plan by, the evilest man,
Was hatched on this very hour
His happiness left,
as he gently grazed his cleft,
And contemplated the mischief that would loom
“I have done it!” He cried
a tear ran from his eye
and the fruits of his labour went BOOM!
Imagine if you will
The Earth standing still
All the product of a dastardly creation,
The Sun’s confusion
stopped its nuclear fusion
as it witnessed Earth’s lack of rotation.
“I’ll take everything, I will have it all!”
and steal everything he did, as he danced to the mall
Every length of jean, every size of shirt,
Every width of belt, every pattern of skirt.
all gone, without a trace,
right in front of the face,
of every helpless guard and shopper in the place
every steak was stripped
bacon, beef and chicken
not a condiment was skipped
as the food court was stricken
ketchups, mustards
All the bread from the bin
French fries and custards
Every bottle of wine, every flask of gin.
every napkin every straw
Every utensil in the mall
All the smoothies, bitter, sweet
Every noodle of lo mein
There was nothing left to eat
his corruption was insane
The couches from the furniture store
He just wouldn't stop, he only wanted more
ottomans and the nicest end table
A copy of halo, a copy of fable
And all types of sneakers were heisted here too,
Nike cortez, Jordan ones, Jordan twos.
Kobe’s, Durant’s, even LeBron’s
All the footwear was pilfered
his thievery wanton.
His hunger only grew as he left the mall
“These small things don’t satisfy
I need something tall”
He pulled out a gun, that smelled of produce
He shot out a beam reminiscent of fresh juice.
And the Empire State in all its beauty
Could not stand to a weapon so fruity
it bubbled and melted and whittled away
The building fell victim to his shrink-a-fy ray.
it plopped and rested, in his hand it now lay
He dropped it in his bag and away again
it would seem his madness would not soon end.
Entire schools of fish, nearly a hundred a pop,
by flying over the ocean, he stole all he couldn't
An ego this large makes it impossible to stop
and with the shrik-a-fy ray, he certainly wouldn't
The Landmarks were next
one by one
Is been quite some time
Since he had so much fun
He brought the Chinese to intangible fear
as he shrunk the great wall to a modest barrier
Turned the golden gate bridge to a small movie prop
Made the Grandest of Canyons
just a 5 foot drop
He’d noticed something weird
Unlike an average day
It’s like he’d always feared
The evil Maligmo, had his way.
He clinched and strained
he worked his brain
through the pain
he located his nemesis once again.
He hopped, skipped, jumped then soared
He left a crater the size of a ward
At the beginning and end
of his cross country tour.
his search took took him to the Bahamas
where he nearly crushed
miniature version of Obama.
Shaquille O’ Neil, and the dali lama,
A Jacky Chan of the smallest stature
The ittiest bittiest Margret Thatcher.
The list of names, that he had shrunk
could easily fill a gargantuan trunk
He brought them all to this place
so he could have his one space
occupied by celebrities
of every race.
“Your time has come,
Ill stop you short
Just as I thwarted
your evil cohort”!
The hero exclaimed
as he threw a great strike
and clobbered the villain
Where the spheres meet the spike.
His tyranny crushed
akin to his jaw
his high foolish scheme
ended on a great fall.
A fitting fanale
for the end of the day.
as the hero rests
after having his way.
“Another great play
against evil on the rise”!
“Now how do we get things
back to their size...?”
The Day the Earth Blinked
The machines screeched, as technology ran
and consumed a zigawatt of power,
For the evilest plan by, the evilest man,
Was hatched on this very hour
His happiness left,
as he gently grazed his cleft,
And contemplated the mischief that would loom
“I have done it!” He cried
a tear ran from his eye
and the fruits of his labour went BOOM!
Imagine if you will
The Earth standing still
All the product of a dastardly creation,
The Sun’s confusion
stopped its nuclear fusion
as it witnessed Earth’s lack of rotation.
“I’ll take everything, I will have it all!”
and steal everything he did, as he danced to the mall
Every length of jean, every size of shirt,
Every width of belt, every pattern of skirt.
all gone, without a trace,
right in front of the face,
of every helpless guard and shopper in the place
every steak was stripped
bacon, beef and chicken
not a condiment was skipped
as the food court was stricken
ketchups, mustards
All the bread from the bin
French fries and custards
Every bottle of wine, every flask of gin.
every napkin every straw
Every utensil in the mall
All the smoothies, bitter, sweet
Every noodle of lo mein
There was nothing left to eat
his corruption was insane
The couches from the furniture store
He just wouldn't stop, he only wanted more
ottomans and the nicest end table
A copy of halo, a copy of fable
And all types of sneakers were heisted here too,
Nike cortez, Jordan ones, Jordan twos.
Kobe’s, Durant’s, even LeBron’s
All the footwear was pilfered
his thievery wanton.
His hunger only grew as he left the mall
“These small things don’t satisfy
I need something tall”
He pulled out a gun, that smelled of produce
He shot out a beam reminiscent of fresh juice.
And the Empire State in all its beauty
Could not stand to a weapon so fruity
it bubbled and melted and whittled away
The building fell victim to his shrink-a-fy ray.
it plopped and rested, in his hand it now lay
He dropped it in his bag and away again
it would seem his madness would not soon end.
Entire schools of fish, nearly a hundred a pop,
by flying over the ocean, he stole all he couldn't
An ego this large makes it impossible to stop
and with the shrik-a-fy ray, he certainly wouldn't
The Landmarks were next
one by one
Is been quite some time
Since he had so much fun
He brought the Chinese to intangible fear
as he shrunk the great wall to a modest barrier
Turned the golden gate bridge to a small movie prop
Made the Grandest of Canyons
just a 5 foot drop
He’d noticed something weird
Unlike an average day
It’s like he’d always feared
The evil Maligmo, had his way.
He clinched and strained
he worked his brain
through the pain
he located his nemesis once again.
He hopped, skipped, jumped then soared
He left a crater the size of a ward
At the beginning and end
of his cross country tour.
his search took took him to the Bahamas
where he nearly crushed
miniature version of Obama.
Shaquille O’ Neil, and the dali lama,
A Jacky Chan of the smallest stature
The ittiest bittiest Margret Thatcher.
The list of names, that he had shrunk
could easily fill a gargantuan trunk
He brought them all to this place
so he could have his one space
occupied by celebrities
of every race.
“Your time has come,
Ill stop you short
Just as I thwarted
your evil cohort”!
The hero exclaimed
as he threw a great strike
and clobbered the villain
Where the spheres meet the spike.
His tyranny crushed
akin to his jaw
his high foolish scheme
ended on a great fall.
A fitting fanale
for the end of the day.
as the hero rests
after having his way.
“Another great play
against evil on the rise”!
“Now how do we get things
back to their size...?”