Hopeless Warren
                                  -or-
                             Spaceship Down
                       by Harry Smothers (c) 1992
 
[A few millenia later, Mankind had almost wiped animal life off the face
of the Earth.  There was still no definitive sign of life in the Outer
Reaches.  We seemed doomed to poverty and war - and vegetables.
     Then the ship landed.  The first true sign of life.  Giant rabbits
emerged from the ship; mankind's eyes lit up as a whole.  After learning
how to communicate with the big bunnies, they determined that the
nearest ship (to the best of the rabbits' knowledge) was light-centuries
away, and that it had taken themselves many generations to reach Earth.
     Mankind now had a purpose in life; To Hunt!]
 
Fires grow old, and meat gets cold,
And bugs, we never can kill!
Time's cold wind hissing up our backs
Reminds us each to make fast tracks
And head straightaway for the grill!
 
         For the Rabbits have landed,
         Tell your children well
         Thyme and mint might do to cover the smell
 
Spits do turn while the far stars burn
And people and jerky strips age!
Shiny ship land, they offer peace --
They have no backup!  Let's start the feast!
And grind a ton of Sage!
 
We know well what cooks can tell --
If you would not roast Rabbit, make stew!
And today their fragile flesh and steel
Have made my children a wondrous meal --
No meat in a year or two...
 
[Alternative:
And today our wonderful coats and belts
Are made now from space rabbits' pelts
Our slippers and gloves are, too!]
 
But we who are reaching out for the stars
Are learning to read Rabbit script
And hope for tomorrow, and raise our eyes
Past that puny Moon to the opened skies
In our brand-new Warrentied ship!
 
For all who've tried out of history's tide,
Salute for the Husbandry team!
And the old hag smiles at her children's seed
That didn't get carried away with greed
And kept Coney Island green!
 
[We'd better hope the Eagles don't land anytime soon!]

{All those years of not being able to finish anything...  Well, I'm not saying 
it's great, but it's DONE.}