UK, Past and Future

Back in 1776

The British government

Oppressed its people oh so much

That they off seceding they went.

Now 250 years later

The British somehow find

New things to ban or punish,

Now including the human mind.

In another century or so

When Mars has human dwellers

We’ll see the Union Jack flying

And many space-suitless dwellers

Because the British government

Will long since have outlawed breathing

But the beating hearts and smiles

Will leave the Martian rulers seething.

Then millions of miles away in space

The British will finally see

That the time has come to pull the plug

And finally outlaw tea.