Cosmologists, driven to explain things,
Frequently confuse theories with facts.
From carvings on cave walls, they moved to wings
Of angels, discovered math, grew abstract.
Copernicus (smart monk!) ran the numbers;
Galileo verified (with prudence).
Slick measurement followed, unencumbered
By churchly constraint. Then clever students
Found expansion—unruly expansion.
Lemaître, Hubble solved it all for us.
One horrific blast—that’s how it began.
Forget those biting questions—don’t fuss!
Bloated by gassy meals—tasteless, but tart—
God let go that Big Bang, that Cosmic Fart!
(8/2/10)