"Bruce Holland Rogers - A Common Night" - читать интересную книгу автора (Rogers Bruce Holland)

Across the cosmic field.

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 The Tiger and the Engineer,

Who trod the new-made ground,

Saw absence in the Somethingness:

"There's still not much around!"

They said, "If there were more to this,

We'd find it more profound."

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The Engineer, whose task it was

To supplement Creation,

Began to work, though at his back,

With equal application,

The Tiger stalked to bring his works

To their annihilation.

* * *


Said he, "We need some mountains

To enhance the flat horizon."

The Tiger said she quite agreed,

So Engineer devised 'em.

Then with her massive sweeping tail

The Tiger pulverized 'em.

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"And if there were some trees about,