Goddo & Me

Perhaps people are just a side-issue....

 

‘He slept through the Paleozoic Age,

He yawned through Neanderthal Man,

When dinosaurs walked, he was fixing a hole

In the floor of the Sea of Japan,

When Lincoln was making your favourite speech

He was out with a spanner, near Mars,

Adjusting some angle, inclined to the sun,

And admiring his favourite Stars.’

 

‘It was fun in those days, when he used to display

An amazing addiction to Math,

His Geometry, angles, and parallel spangles

He’d scatter whilst running his bath;

His compass, divider and measuring tools

I would hide, with the keys to his locks,

When questioned, he’d say that he’d need them today

For precessing the Equinox.’

 

‘I never thought much of mechanical things,

I left all that headwork to him,

I wanted some other distraction for me

So he gave me Original Sin;

He made me an Adam, then added an Eve

And he left me to play - (on my terms);

I sent them an Avatar Serpent to tempt,

And an apple, corrupted with worms.’

 

‘He left me alone for a while, I suppose,

While adjusting Orion, its Belt,

For thousands of years I played havoc with those

Who thought Eve was spelt Evil - Misspelt!

The trouble began when he came back again

And he saw what I’d done to his art,

That stuff about tempting his son, I declare

It was innocent fun - Cross my heart!’

 

‘Now lately he seems to be old, and he’s tired

And he sleeps while the engine goes round,

When he wakes and he knuckles his rheumy old eyes,

I just tell him the planet is sound.

But cyclones and earthquakes and floodings and droughts

Are my special pet projects, you see;

I hate to be bored, and it’s only good sport

For the likes of old Goddo and me.’

 

David Lewis Paget

Reviews

[Helena]

Dear David,

This is the second poem of yours that I have put on my 'reading list'.

I need more time to devour your treats and will do so in a more leisurely manner....you know, sitting comfortably, with a drink in my hand (coke) and some nibblees.

Let the curtain go up and the fun begin!

Later...

[Malister Mikey]

I enjoyed this poem quite a bit, you did a really good job on it.

[wordman]

where would we be without him and his havoc

[MomzillaNC]

Mephistopheles has been wreaking havoc upon earth and in men since time immemorial. What delightfully metered rhyme! It's like something out of Mother Goose (before we all forgot what those stories really meant).

I wish you'd join our Poetry Group! You'd really have us stretching our poetic muscles to keep up!

[R Smith]

Love it, nice to know what old Nick's been up to while God looks away but then he ( Satan ) has been cast down to the earth for a while i'm told, so I guess his handy work is getting worse as we write, I love this poem from a man who is obviously a wonderful poet, well done mate :)

[Christopher Withers]

This is just superb! I could easily see myself reading this in print, are you published?

Edit: I just googled and see that you are :) I'll definitely be checking out more of your writing.

[Tate Morgan]

Chris Dave has maybe 20 books out but his works here are without peer. You will like him

[Tate Morgan]

This is fabulous i think. So insightful from one seasoned man to another you send this to heaven in a telegram.

[EvesDaughter]

I have been searching a long time for
poetry like this. It is superb. I will
read more of you.