The Lost Epoch of Cosmic Time
The cosmos reigned sublime
And upon the galaxies of the universe,
Divinity cast her resplendent sheen
As Kaleidoscope danced with Infinity,
The gods of Astrophysics and Math
Bequeathed the children of tomorrow
As one named Albert,
With some before and several to follow
An existential cornucopia
Of optics and metrics and the
Splendid symmetry and vortex
Of binary construct and the montage
Of Tapestry and Topology,
Gave Creativity and Existence -
From trillions of light years away, pause ...
" Clever, these Earthlings "
said Creativity.
" Yes, and how long have we
been watching them? " said Existence.
" Ten million years for the California Condor, and
oh, a million years or so, for the Earthlings. "
said Creativity.
said Creativity.
" Well," said Existence,
" What do you think? "
" What do you think? "
" You
About every fifty thousand years -
Touch and go, I would answer - too tribal perhaps,
To evolve much more." said Creativity.
" They were your idea! " said Existence.
" No, no!" said Creativity "
" They were the Earth Diva's idea;
And we said we wouldn't interfere! "
" Oh, that's right ..." said Existence,
" We both agreed about two hundred thousand years ago,
That the Earth Diva must know what She is doing -
After all, She made us both! - Two twin brothers! "
" I know, I know " said Creativity
" And you were able to choose first,
Therefore Smart you are, though I
Was by default, given Handsome! "
" I set up a double date for us
With two absolutely divine sisters -
Glenda and Godiva! ..."
Glenda and Godiva! ..."
" Here we go again! " interrupted Existence.
" No, no, closer this time " said Creativity
" Only a googol and light year
" Only a googol and light year
From the here and now -
So program the In
We are meeting them within an Earth hour,
Atop the fifth apex of the Aurora."
" Ok, ok already! " said Existence,
As he mumbled aside:
" Pulchrum est quad, pulchrum est "
( Latin " handsome is, as handsome does " )
