John Anderson Poet Free verse

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See this article: https://qnaguides.com/Who-Will-GAIA-Crown-the-Next-King-of-Beasts-on-Planet-Earth.html

The Gaia theory proposes that life on earth is protected by a pervasive 'mother' that forms a synergistic self-regulating, complex system that helps to maintain and sustain the conditions for life on the planet. The name of our Planet should be 'Planet Water' as 70% of it is covered by liquid water.

Stephen Hawkings : "Human failings and aggression, could destroy us all."  "I believe that the long term future of the human race must be space and that it represents an important life insurance for our future survival, as it could prevent the disappearance of humanity by colonising other planets."

Tyrannosaurus Mantis

Gaia had deemed insects as king of beasts
After the last humans departed in spaceship 'Stephen Hawkings'.
'Planet Water' was in ruins, polluted, wrecked by
Runaway climate change and raging storms.

Ants has arisen as king and insect rulers
With superior organisation and pervasive presence
They evolved and grew as big as cattle
Subduing all other animals and beasts.

Yet, the terror of the Tyrannosaurus Mantis
Made all beasts tremble, when the quivering
Shadows of looming praying mantis spread over ground
Like that of Tyrannosaurus rex once terrorized past life.

Triangular head with huge bulging eyes, and vicious jaws
Could swivel around all angles, front, side and behind,
So nothing could escape its silent pervasion,
As it pranced, poised, stalked and postured on ground and in trees.

Huge forelegs, covered in spines, held coiled-up like arms in position of prayer,
Showed no mercy when they sprung out and grabbed innocent prey 
Dragging bodies back, twitching and writhing in recoiled spiny forearms 
To be munched alive in vicious sharp jaws, mounted acutely on triangular head.

Tyrannosaurus Mantis evolved with the ants to beasts as big as rhinos.
The ants as rulers, tried various ways to control them, kill them off for good.
But so far, no pathway to extinction for praying mantis had been found,
As some ancient god, mantis worshiped in prayer, seemed to protect them.

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