If J-1 hadn’t come upon the scene,
they would have either failed or been suppressed
(or some of each or something in between).
No group could be allowed to pass that test.
The hollow that they picked was right next door
to that in which the founders left their shells,
and when the carriers returned to shore,
the few survivors left for safer dells.
The libertarians, meanwhile, had sought
a shopping mall they thought they could defend.
When other people fled, they stood and fought.
Their inclination was to buck the trend.
Despite a limit on their food supplies,
they made some items that did not compute.
They bargained for the worries and the cries
because they knew that babies would be cute.
They also wanted to extend their lives.
They felt the need for branches from their stem.
In our descendants part of us survives.
At least that’s what their parents had taught them.
While they believed in rights and moral laws,
they had no gods by whom these could be blest.
Their children, though instructed in the cause,
were free to choose the way that they thought best.
Next door: This is not so implausible a coincidence when one considers that somebody was likely to live near the carriers. Less believable is the apparent distance from the coast, although I suppose both the founders and the libertarians would have selected secluded, thinly populated locations. The presence of a shopping mall is somewhat incongruous, then.
No gods: This is certainly not true of all libertarians, but it would fit the vast majority of those who would participate in such an endeavor.
©2010 Louis A. Merrimac
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment