Darwin's Cat - Eleven Light Years
This is the story about how Darwin’s Cat visited once Ancient Home of the Cats and what did he see there
I arrived from the stars - it was a very long trip 57 years, lonely me and my loyal ship My destination is Earth - Cat’s ancient home Now it’s populated by Apes with upgraded genome Apes use steam and nuclear bombs They’ve built pyramids and built Washington They visited Moon and pioneered pollution They invented democracy and revolutions Eleven light years from Earth Cats build space stations Five light years away Cats build bridges to the moons On Delta Eridani Cats constructed perfect bodies and flying cities But here on Earth I feel myself like in Zoo So Apes have great power of fusion reaction But they continue use religions and improve corruption They play with genes and do space exploration But they can not provide universal education Apes invented science and complex mechanisms They developed medicine but still use mysticism They investigated cosmos and secrets of mind But ancient superstitions make them limited and blind Eleven light years from Earth Cats build space stations Five light years away Cats build bridges to the moons On Delta Eridani Cats constructed perfect bodies and flying cities But here on Earth I feel myself like in Zoo Apes built computers it was a good start Then came social nets and it was a fatal trap Now anyone has tools to spread misinformation Their algorithms can destroy civilization Nobody knows where is lie, where is true Even despite the giant IQ Apes now live in information bubbles And because of this they have a lot of troubles Eleven light years from Earth Cats build space stations Five light years away Cats build bridges to the moons On Delta Eridani Cats constructed perfect bodies and flying cities But here on Earth I feel myself like in Zoo I’m returning to the stars - it will be a very long trip Several decades, lonely me and my loyal ship My departure place is Earth - Cat’s ancient home It’s still populated by Apes with upgraded genome Earth belongs to Apes, it was inherited from Cats Apes are curious but they believe in gods From animals ancestors they’ve got their altruism But they made step forward and invented humanism Eleven light years from Earth Cats build space stations Five light years away Cats build bridges to the moons On Delta Eridani Cats constructed perfect bodies and flying cities But here on Earth ...
