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.