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Ready To Take Our Place
by
Arthur Weil

A mystic light- like meteor
Dashed over the countryside as if to score
All enraptured eyes turned toward heaven in awe
For those who witnessed and saw
Nothing stayed the same
Pear and apple trees turned rotten, the cow went lame
The corn turned green
Famine and heat as the grass dried lean
Tree leaves too turned brown
People left, the village turned into a ghost town

For days the chickens laid no eggs
Only the caterpillars and the pests had a million legs
And farmer’s wife went into deep depression
As if she met a spooky ghost in a dreamy session

Maybe the cosmic rays from a planetoid
Turned tables and created nature’s void
Or the riveting energy from a meteor
Brought this disaster to the core
Or perhaps a warning of another planet in outer space
Are responsible for the damage ready to take our place
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--Submitted by Arthur Weil on 2011-08-30.

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