SEEING THINGS FROM THE OTHER SIDE
Everyone waits their turn to be checked.
Newly arrived: Ken Dodd and Stephen Hawking
now they're talking.
No obvious impediments on the mental level.
Ken has observed Stephen's prediction
that the universe will come to grief,
to be snuffed out like a magician's trick.
Not to be blinded by science he remarks:
"Never mind, this present place seems very nice,
and how tickled I am not to be stuck in dressing rooms.
I can't imagine Blackpool Tower
without the benefit of electric power."
Stephen, already won over by Doddy's light fantastic
confides: "I can't imagine a universe without relying
on formulae, how sad is that?
who knows what the future brings,
but it's still one of my favourite things."
Having stood the tests of earthly time
they dissolve in helpless laughter
at the idea of the great hereafter.
raypool
Fri 23rd Mar 2018 11:57
Thanks you Suki and Col. for your valued comments. I wanted to take the disparate characters as perceived and try to inject common ground - apart from them both being on the same side as it were. Col: You make a good point about dissension in the ranks. I think humorous observations can unsettle, but there has to be an acceptance of the far fetched within the framework of everyday experience. Otherwise, forget the whole thing and go back to mental lego. This would have been an audio too far i'm afraid. I could have slanted the poem to the religious accept, but that would have stirred things up perhaps. How about the Hawk being a tour guide for the Milky Way?
Correct Suki, a little like Michael Bentine in that way - sprouting hair etc.
Thanks again gents. Ray