{"id":9934,"date":"2026-08-03T05:37:40","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T05:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/s691948366.onlinehome.us\/demo\/cogitations\/?page_id=9934"},"modified":"2026-09-02T05:38:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T05:38:14","slug":"rhymes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/s691948366.onlinehome.us\/demo\/cogitations\/miscellany\/rhymes\/","title":{"rendered":"Rhymes"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"9934\" class=\"elementor elementor-9934\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42d72b7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"42d72b7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7f9f00 breadcrumb_for_all elementor-widget elementor-widget-shortcode\" data-id=\"e7f9f00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"shortcode.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><span><span><a href=\"http:\/\/s691948366.onlinehome.us\/demo\/cogitations\/\">Home<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e7d77e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5e7d77e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f419169 inner_cont_det elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f419169\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Rhymes<\/h2><p>This is just a home for any miscellaneous rhymes I may have. Only one of these so far&#8230; \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c585551 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c585551\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-189f93b e-con e-atomic-element e-div-block-base e-189f93b-e48ba25 \" data-id=\"189f93b\" data-element_type=\"e-div-block\" data-e-type=\"e-div-block\" data-interaction-id=\"189f93b\">\n    <div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff9c68a e-con e-atomic-element e-div-block-base \" data-id=\"ff9c68a\" data-element_type=\"e-div-block\" data-e-type=\"e-div-block\" data-interaction-id=\"ff9c68a\">\n    \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77f0aca inner_cont_det_img elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"77f0aca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s691948366.onlinehome.us\/demo\/cogitations\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/img_1-rrcklery9trqmfdth0ky510ihek1ifr2przxuyjw68.png\" title=\"img_1\" alt=\"Rhymes Image1\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e35188 e-con e-atomic-element e-div-block-base \" data-id=\"9e35188\" data-element_type=\"e-div-block\" data-e-type=\"e-div-block\" data-interaction-id=\"9e35188\">\n    \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72bd9b1 inner_cont_det_img elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"72bd9b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s691948366.onlinehome.us\/demo\/cogitations\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/img_2-rrckpn1t0zk6v98mrueicyl6ptpi5ejlapollsa468.png\" title=\"img_2\" alt=\"Rhymes Image2\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37d7853 e-con e-atomic-element e-div-block-base \" data-id=\"37d7853\" data-element_type=\"e-div-block\" data-e-type=\"e-div-block\" data-interaction-id=\"37d7853\">\n    \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7afd044 inner_cont_det_img elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7afd044\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s691948366.onlinehome.us\/demo\/cogitations\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/img_3-rrckq07joo27dspin03abv9n17wn55zu0itebnqlr4.png\" title=\"img_3\" alt=\"Rhymes Image3\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ae73c6 e-con e-atomic-element e-div-block-base e-2ae73c6-e6017dd \" data-id=\"2ae73c6\" data-element_type=\"e-div-block\" data-e-type=\"e-div-block\" data-interaction-id=\"2ae73c6\">\n    <div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2501161 e-con e-atomic-element e-div-block-base \" data-id=\"2501161\" data-element_type=\"e-div-block\" data-e-type=\"e-div-block\" data-interaction-id=\"2501161\">\n    \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4c0f06 inner_cont_det_img elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b4c0f06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s691948366.onlinehome.us\/demo\/cogitations\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/img_4-rrcktw9hyzdxfp22x6mp5dxbjmqc02fu7s0qtvyy00.png\" title=\"img_4\" alt=\"Rhymes Image4\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb47103 e-con e-atomic-element e-div-block-base \" data-id=\"fb47103\" data-element_type=\"e-div-block\" data-e-type=\"e-div-block\" data-interaction-id=\"fb47103\">\n    \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-075a8ef inner_cont_det_img elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"075a8ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s691948366.onlinehome.us\/demo\/cogitations\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/img_5-rrckukpawobdtk2kyh6zy7razndvk74uz4zdb2ypi8.png\" title=\"img_5\" alt=\"Rhymes Image5\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb3e496 e-con e-atomic-element e-div-block-base \" data-id=\"cb3e496\" data-element_type=\"e-div-block\" data-e-type=\"e-div-block\" data-interaction-id=\"cb3e496\">\n    \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8dcf5c8 inner_cont_det_img elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8dcf5c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s691948366.onlinehome.us\/demo\/cogitations\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/img_6-rrckv79fgp69k75taqy1m22d8waooxmf28n0tq19cw.png\" title=\"img_6\" alt=\"Rhymes Image6\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95f4f5c elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"95f4f5c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c03adf9 e-con e-atomic-element e-div-block-base e-c03adf9-20f641d \" data-id=\"c03adf9\" data-element_type=\"e-div-block\" data-e-type=\"e-div-block\" data-interaction-id=\"c03adf9\">\n    <div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47bedd6 e-con e-atomic-element e-div-block-base \" data-id=\"47bedd6\" data-element_type=\"e-div-block\" data-e-type=\"e-div-block\" data-interaction-id=\"47bedd6\">\n    \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3856acc inner_cont_det_img elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3856acc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"661\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/s691948366.onlinehome.us\/demo\/cogitations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/img_9-661x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-9956\" alt=\"Rhymes Image9\" srcset=\"http:\/\/s691948366.onlinehome.us\/demo\/cogitations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/img_9-661x1024.png 661w, http:\/\/s691948366.onlinehome.us\/demo\/cogitations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/img_9-194x300.png 194w, http:\/\/s691948366.onlinehome.us\/demo\/cogitations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/img_9-768x1190.png 768w, http:\/\/s691948366.onlinehome.us\/demo\/cogitations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/img_9.png 830w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 661px) 85vw, 661px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c7f756 e-con e-atomic-element e-div-block-base \" data-id=\"5c7f756\" data-element_type=\"e-div-block\" data-e-type=\"e-div-block\" data-interaction-id=\"5c7f756\">\n    \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05e6ce5 inner_cont_det1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"05e6ce5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Accidents<\/h2><p>I am an accident of the universe, or so the story goes<br \/>It started quite some time ago, they say the science shows. At first a monstrous explosion that is hard to comprehend, Then debris clumps in stars and planets, it seems without end.<br \/>Just why this should happen is a puzzle of cosmology, Gravity they call it, just a muddle of tautology. I\u2019m sure there is a reason for this celestial array, But the easiest explanation is they like it that way.<\/p><p>Photons are a mystery, are they particle or wave? I find it hard to understand the way that they behave. A black hole is a riddle caused by fusion or collision, A bizarre singularity of strange composition. Scattered round the universe like funereal confetti, They suck in all around and stretch it like spaghetti. Why they do this none can absolutely say, But we can tell for certain, they must like it that way.<\/p><p>Then patterns form in water on a planet lost in space And the patterns clump together, for it\u2019s stable in that place. The patterns get more complex as they begin to group, And, before you know it, we\u2019ve got primordial soup. If it can happen it will happen, so chance is not to blame, Yet when cells start to multiply it feels miraculous all the same. Rounds of replication and rounds of bifurcation, An accidental sequence of obscure causation. We don\u2019t know why they did this but it\u2019s clear as day That they like it that way.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d3c28c e-con e-atomic-element e-div-block-base e-5d3c28c-ef97562 \" data-id=\"5d3c28c\" data-element_type=\"e-div-block\" data-e-type=\"e-div-block\" data-interaction-id=\"5d3c28c\">\n    <div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88b7f56 e-con e-atomic-element e-div-block-base \" data-id=\"88b7f56\" data-element_type=\"e-div-block\" data-e-type=\"e-div-block\" data-interaction-id=\"88b7f56\">\n    \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd12007 inner_cont_det1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dd12007\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Soon creatures grow in the sea, and fish escape to land. In the blink of an eye there are reptiles in the sand. Generation after generation by some fluke created, Improved by random changes that seem absolutely fated. Mammals, birds and insects all struggling to survive, Until, because he\u2019s clever, homo sapiens starts to thrive. And each generation picks from the features on display, So the offspring are more valued and they\u2019re liked that way.<\/p><p>In case you don\u2019t believe the story that I\u2019m telling, It\u2019s supported by science that is ever so compelling. Fully tested hypotheses, it must be true enough, I\u2019m really not so canny I could make up all this stuff. All these things have come to pass by chance events in series, And here am I at the end of a line, evidence of these theories. It was random how I came about but survival led to fitness To learn about such accidents and bear astonished witness.<\/p><p>I never was here before, and no return is planned, So why should I feel the need to try and understand? I could have been a tiger burning in the forest bright, Or a hawk in weightless quiet, asserting my right. But at least I\u2019m not a snake crawling by a water trough, With a petty writer throwing logs to scare me off. It\u2019s weird being me, no pre-existence to recall, And I daily wake to wonder at the reasons for it all.<\/p><p>I am an accident of the universe, so were my parents too, Though I pretend I\u2019m special, I\u2019m just a variant like you. We are naturally occurring mishaps, just like our better halves, Who we meet by accident on intersecting paths. Our children may be accidents or the products of romance, Either way, you have to say, they owe a lot to chance. Others too will join this zoo in their fortuituous grace, To continue the refinement of the dubious human race.<\/p><p>We all glimpse a speck of universe for a microscopic span, A different glance for each because there is no masterplan. As I mellow and consider all that\u2019s happened since my birth, Yet I yearn for more adventures, happy accidents of worth. I hope that we\u2019ve connected through this accidental rhyme. I am an accident of the universe. You too are one sublime. You\u2019re a cosmic freak, you are unique. Make the most of all your time.<\/p><p>What accidents are next? What do the scientists suppose?They\u2019re perplexed by effects of butterflies. So goodness only knows. Can we stop all the disaster? Can we finally go green? Will AI be our master? Or solve problems unforeseen?<br \/>Will we become bionic, with encyclopaedic wisdom? And will we emigrate to Mars then leave the solar system? Any of these accidents might cause you and me dismay, But the beings that survive it all will like it that way.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ec9f36 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1ec9f36\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-faeb850 e-con e-atomic-element e-div-block-base e-faeb850-ce417e9 \" data-id=\"faeb850\" data-element_type=\"e-div-block\" data-e-type=\"e-div-block\" data-interaction-id=\"faeb850\">\n    <div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33b69d2 e-con e-atomic-element e-div-block-base e-33b69d2-f2a32b4 \" data-id=\"33b69d2\" data-element_type=\"e-div-block\" data-e-type=\"e-div-block\" data-interaction-id=\"33b69d2\">\n    \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd3e93d inner_cont_det_img elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bd3e93d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"521\" src=\"http:\/\/s691948366.onlinehome.us\/demo\/cogitations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/img_1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-9944\" alt=\"Rhymes Image1\" srcset=\"http:\/\/s691948366.onlinehome.us\/demo\/cogitations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/img_1.png 1024w, http:\/\/s691948366.onlinehome.us\/demo\/cogitations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/img_1-300x153.png 300w, http:\/\/s691948366.onlinehome.us\/demo\/cogitations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/img_1-768x391.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d197d4b inner_cont_det_img elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d197d4b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"612\" height=\"321\" src=\"http:\/\/s691948366.onlinehome.us\/demo\/cogitations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/img_2.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-9945\" alt=\"Rhymes Image2\" srcset=\"http:\/\/s691948366.onlinehome.us\/demo\/cogitations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/img_2.png 612w, http:\/\/s691948366.onlinehome.us\/demo\/cogitations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/img_2-300x157.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 612px) 85vw, 612px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa2b571 inner_cont_det_img elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"aa2b571\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"506\" height=\"374\" src=\"http:\/\/s691948366.onlinehome.us\/demo\/cogitations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/img_3.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-9946\" alt=\"Rhymes Image3\" srcset=\"http:\/\/s691948366.onlinehome.us\/demo\/cogitations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/img_3.png 506w, http:\/\/s691948366.onlinehome.us\/demo\/cogitations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/img_3-300x222.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 506px) 85vw, 506px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8aa0b77 inner_cont_det_img elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8aa0b77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"752\" src=\"http:\/\/s691948366.onlinehome.us\/demo\/cogitations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/img_4.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-9947\" alt=\"Rhymes Image4\" srcset=\"http:\/\/s691948366.onlinehome.us\/demo\/cogitations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/img_4.png 1280w, http:\/\/s691948366.onlinehome.us\/demo\/cogitations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/img_4-300x176.png 300w, http:\/\/s691948366.onlinehome.us\/demo\/cogitations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/img_4-1024x602.png 1024w, http:\/\/s691948366.onlinehome.us\/demo\/cogitations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/img_4-768x451.png 768w, http:\/\/s691948366.onlinehome.us\/demo\/cogitations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/img_4-1200x705.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14c2565 inner_cont_det_img elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"14c2565\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"754\" src=\"http:\/\/s691948366.onlinehome.us\/demo\/cogitations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/img_5.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-9948\" alt=\"Rhymes Image5\" srcset=\"http:\/\/s691948366.onlinehome.us\/demo\/cogitations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/img_5.png 1280w, http:\/\/s691948366.onlinehome.us\/demo\/cogitations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/img_5-300x177.png 300w, http:\/\/s691948366.onlinehome.us\/demo\/cogitations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/img_5-1024x603.png 1024w, http:\/\/s691948366.onlinehome.us\/demo\/cogitations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/img_5-768x452.png 768w, http:\/\/s691948366.onlinehome.us\/demo\/cogitations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/img_5-1200x707.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e4e9a3 inner_cont_det_img elementor-widget 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http:\/\/s691948366.onlinehome.us\/demo\/cogitations\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/img_9-768x1190.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 830px) 85vw, 830px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ddc5b7a e-con e-atomic-element e-div-block-base e-ddc5b7a-b580a8c \" data-id=\"ddc5b7a\" data-element_type=\"e-div-block\" data-e-type=\"e-div-block\" data-interaction-id=\"ddc5b7a\">\n    \t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f647a3 inner_cont_det1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8f647a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Accidents<\/h2><p>I am an accident of the universe, or so the story goes<br \/>It started quite some time ago, they say the science shows.<br \/>At first a monstrous explosion that is hard to comprehend,<br \/>Then debris clumps in stars and planets, it seems without end.<br \/>Just why this should happen is a puzzle of cosmology,<br \/>Gravity they call it, just a muddle of tautology.<br \/>I\u2019m sure there is a reason for this celestial array,<br \/>But the easiest explanation is they like it that way.<\/p><p>Photons are a mystery, are they particle or wave?<br \/>I find it hard to understand the way that they behave.<br \/>A black hole is a riddle caused by fusion or collision,<br \/>A bizarre singularity of strange composition.<br \/>Scattered round the universe like funereal confetti,<br \/>They suck in all around and stretch it like spaghetti.<br \/>Why they do this none can absolutely say,<br \/>But we can tell for certain, they must like it that way.<\/p><p>Then patterns form in water on a planet lost in space<br \/>And the patterns clump together, for it\u2019s stable in that place.<br \/>The patterns get more complex as they begin to group,<br \/>And, before you know it, we\u2019ve got primordial soup.<br \/>If it can happen it will happen, so chance is not to blame,<br \/>Yet when cells start to multiply it feels miraculous all the same.<br \/>Rounds of replication and rounds of bifurcation,<br \/>An accidental sequence of obscure causation.<br \/>We don\u2019t know why they did this but it\u2019s clear as day<br \/>That they like it that way.<\/p><p>Soon creatures grow in the sea, and fish escape to land.<br \/>In the blink of an eye there are reptiles in the sand. Generation after generation by some fluke created,<br \/>Improved by random changes that seem absolutely fated. Mammals, birds and insects all struggling to survive,<br \/>Until, because he\u2019s clever, homo sapiens starts to thrive. And each generation picks from the features on display,<br \/>So the offspring are more valued and they\u2019re liked that way.<\/p><p>In case you don\u2019t believe the story that I\u2019m telling,<br \/>It\u2019s supported by science that is ever so compelling.<br \/>Fully tested hypotheses, it must be true enough,<br \/>I\u2019m really not so canny I could make up all this stuff. All these things have come to pass by chance events in series,<br \/>And here am I at the end of a line, evidence of these theories.<br \/>It was random how I came about but survival led to fitness<br \/>To learn about such accidents and bear astonished witness.<\/p><p>I never was here before, and no return is planned,<br \/>So why should I feel the need to try and understand?<br \/>I could have been a tiger burning in the forest bright, Or a hawk in weightless quiet, asserting my right.<br \/>But at least I\u2019m not a snake crawling by a water trough, With a petty writer throwing logs to scare me off.<br \/>It\u2019s weird being me, no pre-existence to recall,<br \/>And I daily wake to wonder at the reasons for it all.<\/p><p>I am an accident of the universe, so were my parents too,<br \/>Though I pretend I\u2019m special, I\u2019m just a variant like you.<br \/>We are naturally occurring mishaps,<br \/>just like our better halves, Who we meet by accident on intersecting paths.<br \/>Our children may be accidents or the products of romance, Either way, you have to say, they owe a lot to chance. Others too will join this zoo in their fortuituous grace,<br \/>To continue the refinement of the dubious human race.<\/p><p>We all glimpse a speck of universe for a microscopic span,<br \/>A different glance for each because there is no masterplan.<br \/>As I mellow and consider all that\u2019s happened since my birth,<br \/>Yet I yearn for more adventures, happy accidents of worth.<br \/>I hope that we\u2019ve connected through this accidental rhyme. I am an accident of the universe. You too are one sublime.<br \/>You\u2019re a cosmic freak, you are unique.<br \/>Make the most of all your time.<\/p><p>What accidents are next? What do the scientists suppose They\u2019re perplexed by effects of butterflies. So goodness only knows.<br \/>Can we stop all the disaster? Can we finally go green?<br \/>Will AI be our master? 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