What a Century!

 

I wasn’t there on New Year’s Eve 1899
As I hope to be therein New Year’s Eve 1999.
I don’t know if I should be proud
To be sitting by my computer
Accessing the World Wide Web,
As they Were all proud 100 years ago
About the explosion of science and technology.
As a programmer,
I’m not Worried about the year 2000 bug.
In case of dificulties,
I could always call Bill Gates or Steve Jobs.
Don’t ask me about the reason for my fear.
You know What happened.
14 years after the celebration of the new century,
While the people Were still Waiting
For the benefits of the progress,

Warplanes, tanks and bombs came and took lives.

For 4 years,
They buried the dead and said, “Never again.”
21 years only after that,
The unthinkable happened again
And lasted for 5 years.
Again, they buried the victims.
Again, they said, “Never again.”
I don’t want to talk about the cold War and its

I victims.
I’d rather talk about Neil Armstrong

Who made the first step on the moon in July ’69.

Let’s talk about Einstein

Who deciphered the mysteries of the universe
With the famous 
Today, they don’t just make revolutions.
They’re revolutionizing the revolutions.
The very day I Wore a blouse to join them in the
lab,
They came out with Dolly.
One of the Wonders of the century,
Born Without a biological father.
Amazing, isn’t it?
I Was still Wondering
When the news came out:
Dolly gave birth to a Wonderful baby sheep.
This time, the baby has a father.
What a century!

I turned on my TV
Just in time to see Columbia lifting up
With strange astronauts aboard:
18 pregnant mice
152 rats, 233 fish,
1514 crickets and 135 snails.
“Where are they going?”
I asked Without an answer.
Scared, I decided to turn off the TV
Before the next scoop.
I don’t know What they’re plotting up there,
But  certainly protest
If upon their mission in space,
These snails return faster than me.
For sure, I’llprotest
To Whom it may concern.