A rudimentary style and lame storyline makes it one of my less favourite works.But nonetheless I feel it is for once a fun(Ha! ha! ha!)nee read.
CRANBERRY SAUCE # DYSLEXIC EVOLUTION
It was a young man, a stranger to the village of Hearth who happened to surprise everyone by stopping abruptly in front of the fire to warm him to the cold.
Eyebrows rose quizzically, but there was not a glint of suspicion or doubt.
For few travelers came to Hearth, a village locked by deep, murky forests and towering mountains.
But none of the passers by was harmful, most of them were just ambitious adventurers.
He merely sat down on a boulder and offered as an introduction – “I’m Elijah, Wanderer and storyteller”.
He shrugged and took a swig from his pocket flask. All eyes were on him now.
“I have a tale to tell, a story to share as a stranger who wishes to enlighten you. It is a strange story, lost in the depths of time and few know of it. Fewer still utter it, lest they be thought mad”.
The audience was paying him rapt attention now.
“I will say it as it had been etched in history – in the form of a poem of the simplest nature”.
He paused, took a deep breath and …
“Millions upon millions of years before
as is dictated by earthling folklore
tucked away deeply into the western spiral arm of the Milky Way
a small blue green planet lay
and Gods of the Universe themselves did say
that people of earth were of all races in the Universe clever.
And they had built the best machines to be found ever.
Its neighbour, the planet Barbour, was a polar opposite though,
The inhabitants of which were unimaginably back-ward
Their brains seemingly working in sluggish slow-mo
And due to these contrasts a hundred differences stirred.
The narrative was interrupted by a question from the captivated audience:
What were these many differences?
Citizens of Earth were beautiful, wise and smart,
Citizens of Barbour were Boorish, ugly and did nothing much but fart.
They did fight a lot since history’s beginning
Their fight it seemed would have a painful ending.
They were for reasons big or small always bickering
The heat, intensity and anger between them simmering.
Each at the core of his heart for the other, did hatred harbour
And thus Earth’s Barbaric neighbour, the Barbour,
did declare upon Earth an ultimate war.
Earth though was prepared far better than its adversary,
things for the Barbarians did look dreary
Though the Barbarians in numbers were far more,
The Earthlings had a superior arsenal of weapons in their store.
The day of the great war balefully arrived
The Barbarians were batteringly fried
In terms of numbers though the Barbarians had the lead,
They just could not beat the superior technology of Earthlings to succeed.
And as the planet of Barbour was blown up on the 13th day
The few remaining Barbarians were in a state of dismay.
And these remaining Barbarians were left homeless
The Earthlings decided that they were not so cruel and heartless
They offered the Barbarians a home on Earth
The Barbarians declined the generous offer since they said they were
used to tropical temperature since birth.
The Earthlings came up with a brilliant solution.
Millions of years ago they reflected that there was no pollution
And at such a time could tropical temperatures be found
Accompanied by beautiful forests and wilderness sound
The Barbarians could be transported into the past
With the aid of an advanced time machine,
And a bright future for the Barbarians could be Seen
Although unbeknownst to anyone things on Earth were going to change fast
The Barbarians were beamed into the time of the dinosaur,
Things for Earthlings were about to unpleasantly sore.
The Earthlings wonderful solution,
Resulted in their reverse evolution.
How it was achieved is still an unsolved mystery
But the Barbarians did change the course of Earth’s history.
For the Barbarians grievously meddled in the past,
Killing all the dinosaurs from which the intelligent Earthlings had evolved sofast.
The Earthlings found that since their ancestors had been killed in the past,
They on present day Earth were not going to last.
It was too late to change.
Things on present day Earth bungled and become strange.
They realized their mistake too late
The Barbarians hath amended their fate.
Earth was bereft of Earthlings,
And was murderously transformed in the hands of Barbaric things.
Time rolled on. The pendulum swung.
The Barbarians lived on Earth for many years to come.
The Barbarians eventually evolved into a two-legged creation.
And called themselves a Homo-Sapiens
And with this the story teller, Elijah rose. He packed his bag, fastened it around his shoulders and reached for his pocket flask. He took a final thirsty swig from it and walked off silently without a word in the general direction of the pale moon lit night.
A couplet verse unsung by
Harsh
