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Song of a Seavilization

A poem that Egg Milk Soup <egg at milksoup dot net> and I improvised on Discord.

StellarSkylark: Oh there was a kurzgesagt video talking about this

EMS: of course there was lol

StellarSkylark: Theoretically you could have a rogue planet that leaves its solar system

StellarSkylark: And the oceans freeze

StellarSkylark: But only the top whole bunch of the ocean

StellarSkylark: Because heat stored in the planet core keeps it melted near the ocean floor

EMS:

the heat stored in the planet core
keeps it melted at the floor

StellarSkylark:

And so you could have a whole underwater ecosystem evolve, maybe even intelligent life, which will probably never manage to escape the miles-thick ice cap which is the ceiling of their entire world

EMS:

its energy is left in store
sea-people reign forevermore

StellarSkylark:

until the years at last deplete
the core of all its blessed heat

EMS:

and the kingdom loath to meet
the end of people without feet

StellarSkylark:

but for now, the people swimm
and even though their future's grim
today, TODAY! the water's warm
and feetless civilizations swarm
and play, and eat, and sing, and fight
and live their lives with all their might
and live and die beneath the ice
a claustrophobic paradise

EMS:

and as with peoples everywhere
they can live without a care
for even though we all face doom
a little fun always has room
inside that little head of yours
so maybe don't lock all the doors
that lead to things that make you smile;
simple joy is worth your while