Ancient Mother
She started off Bright
and Screaming
with Joy
or
Loud Reprimand --
when her Children
weren't Behaving Right.
Older now,
She constantly
sucks her teeth.
You can hear this
Steady Disapproval
in the static
between stations.
At first,
Pale Men of Progress
were annoyed,
thinking it must
be some mistake
they needed to tune out.
After
tweaking and training
their machines,
they grew desperate
and even sought to
Shoo Out
the Wily Pigeons
Pooping and Roosting
in the Receiver.
Alas,
At last,
Atlas
had to admit
that these emissions
were the hissing
of their Ancient Mother.
Who had
birthed them out
of Stardust.
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