Curfew an epic tale
A deep toned bell heard loud and clear.
which resonates between the walls.
Awakens echoes far and near
they disappear and silence falls.
This was a great metropolis.
The pace of life was furious
and now it is reduced to this.
A warning for the rest of us.
When men grow too ambitious
and fail to heed the warning signs
Nature deems them iniquitous
and undermines their grand designs.
Men now live nearer to the soil
in small compact communities
and earn their bread by honest toil.
But still find opportunities
To gaze in wonder as they sigh
and listen to the tales the sages tell.
Of when tall towers reached the sky
and how and why the cities fell.
Too many mouths too little food
Their needs could not be satisfied
and by the time they understood.
Most of the population died.
of malnutrition and disease.
Only the young and strong survived
and they sought refuge in the trees
A simpler way of life revived.
Self supporting villages
became the order of the day.
Which brought renewed advantages
Mankind had found a better way.
After the first great city fell
the rest followed like dominoes.
In less time than it takes to tell.
To be expected I suppose.
Men were not meant to live in hives
like colonies of honey bees.
But follow individual lives
not as they had done previously.
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poem by Ivor Or Ivor.e Hogg
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