Dec 22, 2009

Reactionary Essay on Applied Science | Text of the Poem

I cannot love the Brothers Wright,
Marconi wins my mixed devotion.
Had no one yet discovered flight
Or set the air waves in commotion,
Life would, I think, have been as well.                                        5
That also goes for A. G. Bell.

What I’m really thankful for, when I’m cleaning up after lunch,
Is the invention of waxed paper.

That Edison improved my lot,
I sometimes doubt; nor care a jitney                                        10
Whether the kettle steamed, or Watt,
Or if the gin invented Whitney.
Butter the world, I often feel,
Had nobody contrived the wheel.
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