As Voltaire might have said,
“ And yet it all works”
Did you know, dear friends, that our galaxy
Dash through space,
at a speed of 2.3 million kilometres per hour,
How does it not disintegrate?
Why does the sun keep shining?
How the earth turns around sun
While it is also running at 2.3 million km/h?
I know, there is in this perfect mechanics
Something divine,
As Voltaire wrote,
“ I cannot think that this clock exists
And that it has no watchmaker.”
On our way, no obstacles,
Only a cluster of galaxies 150,000 light-years away
Ahead, nothing can stop our galaxy,
“ And yet it all works”
Could have written voltaire,
at 2.3 million km/h We can safely
Drinking our coffee, isn’t that fantastic?
Categories:
kilometres per hour, earth, miracle, philosophy,
Form: Free verse
Aboo the giant turtle has escaped
From the Okayama Zoo
It waited until the keepers
Turned their backs
And it made its break
At 3 kilometres per hour
Standing still when they looked
Impersonating a rock
Then moving at top speed
So that no-one saw her
Until Aboo was out of the gate
Look out now it's turtle part-aying time!
© Paul Warren Poetry
Categories:
kilometres per hour, fun, leaving,
Form: Free verse