Story Poem, Nr.25 — From Genesis to Current Affairs

The flashing back to zero was a booted Jack for Eva  
with people disappearing sometimes millions from the scene  
the refugees were homeless but was just a game for Nero  
who looked from safer distances away from all the screams  
  
I wondered when the fairies and the angels got together  
would practice for the play-off as an Armageddon team  
defeat the lizard crazies who’d usurped the peaceful garden  
by calling out supporters in the growing tragedy  
   
with missiles fired moronically confirming vicious misprints  
they scattered middle-eastern turf, explosions maiming many  
and lucky were the innocents who died outright on holiday  
as arbitration failed again and taxes rose a penny  
   
this upped the shares of companies who traded in the weaponry  
as angel-fairy-light-brigades came charging o’er the hill  
and as the bitter battle raged they called it intervention by  
the old-time god of chocolate who offered addicts pills  
   
and this is what the history-bits and all the ancient manuscripts  
passed down the generations tried so hard to tell us plain  
‘the power is within you as you link to higher forces  
and end the mad controller’s rule, bring peace on earth again  
yes, end your mind-controller’s rule, bring peace on earth again’.