The Sages

The sages had foretold this day,
In their inimitable way,
When through the avarice of men,
The world will end, they knew just when.

On other planets, far removed, they'll watch,
And say - someone, down there, has lit a match,
But we know all about this conflagration,
How it was done is quite a revelation.

't was done by man, they say,
Master of innovation,
His last one, the atomic bomb,
Was a superb sensation.

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2005 Alfred Charasz