Peter meets Charlotte in the coffee shop to ask her to wed.

But Charlotte doesn’t want Peter to sleep in her bed.

Charlotte tells Peter she has bought a chinchilla.

Peter is puzzled how that could fulfill her.

Charlotte says that she is not very good on the web

And really had meant to get a rabbit instead.

A world without animals

Above each nation, a fleet of silver cylinders hung

And from their impenetrable metal skins

Descended a horde of green-skinned things

Who demanded that each country’s leader should be brung  brought

forth and answer to their imperious demands.

They said: We are the InterStellar Standards Organisation

We have come to review your planetary quality policy

There are grave concerns in Alpha Centauri

That the constant wars between your nations

Now please, describe your mitigation plans.

Across the world, there was widespread consternation

But each governmentn  mindful of the next election

Meanwhile the leopard and the lion, the koala

and the kangaroo, the red faced ant and tortoiseshell blue

They all  knew exactly what to do

Above the earth, a fleet of silver cylinders silently hangs,

And from their impenetrable metal skins

descend a horde of slimy green-skinned things.

“Bring forth your leaders” is their imperious demand

“For all on earth must answer to our lawful commands”.

“We are the InterStellar Standards Organisation

We come to review your planetary quality policy

There are grave concerns in Alpha Centauri

About the constant wars between your nations

Now please, describe your mitigation plans”.

Across the world, there was widespread consternation

As no-one had ever thought to plan ahead,

and consider what would happen after they were dead.

No government ever planned beyond the next election

nor strived to give the living planet any compassionate consideration.

So each nation’s leaders mouthed platitudes and prevarications

Meanwhile the leopard and the lion, the koala and kangaroo,

the red faced ant and tortoiseshell blue, they all knew exactly what to do.

They