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I'll Stop the World  

Saturday, November 29, 2008

I'll Stop the World

Since I met you

the world has seen hurricane,

earthquake and tsunami.

Creatures have become extinct 

and others have evolved. 

Flying ants have exodussed

... four times and 378 people died

 from choking on a pen lid.

Opal fruits made a comeback

and changed to starburst again.

The average heart will have beat

136510000 times and mine feels faster.

I wish that

I could stop the world and melt with you.

This is a bit of a mixed bag, based on a poem I wrote for my partner a couple of years ago, but modified somewhat. I've named it after a song by Modern English which was covered by The Cure. But I had to do some research into random facts. Click here for Random facts and here for the bit about the heart from National Geographic.

Posted in life, sonnet, time, travel by Unknown