MAD KANE
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TURKISH DELIGHT
A guy in the mood for a bite,
Felt he fancied some Turkish Delight.
But the harem appalled him
As all the girls mauled him,
And the Sultan just laughed at his plight!
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THE MISSED CHANCE
What would the world be like, I wonder,
If 'Belief' had just never been.
If no one had ever dreamed-up 'the gods',
Imagining the unseen.
If early man had accepted that life
Was what he could touch and see;
That the sky was empty, except for stars,
And a tree was just a tree?
Why did he need to imagine
A 'Being' in control,
Why did he complicate this life
With 'Eternity' and 'Soul'?
The world we have is a marvel,
Its beauty such perfection;
Surely there was no need to yearn
In quite another direction!
But what would the world be like, I wonder,
Had 'Heaven' never 'appeared',
If humans had never created
A Being to be feared?
Would we be so very different?
Would wars still rage unrestrained?
Would the glorious green of our planet
Still be ravaged and blood-stained?
Or would mankind have prospered
Accepting the here and now,
Not stopping every so often
To genuflect or bow?
An age of simple acceptance
Can never now be retrieved.
But I yearn for a world untrammelled,
Before mankind 'believed'.
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