The Giants played marbles....

The Giants played marbles,

Sitting on the flat earth

They threw the great round stones

and shouted and laughed with mirth

Each boulder the size of a house

Was smaller to them than the smallest mouse

They slapped the ground with roars of delight

as on knocked the others' stone out of sight

And the people hide and quaked in fear

As the ground jumped and the huge rocks did appear

Falling miles from the sky

and they did not understand why

Some blamed the weather

some blamed the church

some blamed men for leaving single mother's in the lurch

Some grew angry

Some grew sad

Some said the whole world was mad

And the Giants, played on,

throwing their stones up high

so they came crashing down from the sky

And the reason why?

The Giants were playing marbles

Sitting on the flat earth

They threw the great round stones

as it made them laugh with great mirth

4 July 2010 France