Copyleft Michael Lidman 2009 Paypal jacksmernov@yahoo.comLife is a joke that tells itself Told over and over but not quite the sameIt wonders as if it has no aimSometimes short and sometimes longSometimes right and sometimes wrongSometimes funny and sometimes sadIt can make a person angry or madMostly confusing and seldom clear It's very interesting from what I hear I don't know what the punchline is yetBut from the foreshadowing I have a betSo I hope it keeps going as long as it canAnd to that end I have a planI know you'll listen to my adviceTo live in peace and to be niceBecause the poorest of you will soon have a deviceTo end the world in one big sliceThe planet will be cut in twoThis will happen unless youCooperate instead of competeWhen the doomsday device is completeUnless we're dead we'll laugh about these daysWhen we fought in wars instead of in playsIt was all so silly until we all could seeThere was so little difference between you and meBut then we were forced to all get alongWhen the space monkeys built the reality bombThere was no way out for our leaders to goAnd there was just no way for them to knowWhich of us was ready to blowOur leaders tried to stop us whenWe explained to them we all can winBut we have to live in equalityIf you look at the trends you will seeIt's going to happen anywaySo we might as well make it happen todayThen just when you thought life was idioticIt created technology that made us symbioticProlonging life was the next stepWho doesn't want to conquer deathEducating everyoneDoes not require a gunThe world is interesting enoughTo make any well fed person curiousWe've made human knowledge a click awayThere is no need to shout “obey”But now I have to go to bedSo this joke will never end.
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