The Indestructible Titanic (59)

The Indestructible Titanic (59)

1

Oh dear, some rivets popped out on the day

Due to their carbon content most experts say

Plus a behemoth, recently risen from the dead,

Decided to spar with science from its sea-bed

The dynamics of a ship that’s built to scale

May fail in the translation, once under sail

Can a ship in a tub help out with a plan?

That will not end up by hitting the fan

A ship that was unsinkable, the mighty Titanic

Achieved the unthinkable, and sank like a brick

In a science demonstration that was rather good

With the winner being Noah surrounded by wood

2

Sixteen modules, each one sealed with a door

So this ship might continue should it lose four

Yet the expert designers failed to get it right

When the Titanic sank on a wintery night

An iceberg was to blame as many have said

But not a good time to sail full speed ahead

The captain said nothing since he lay dead

Pierced with a spear on some Atlantic bed

A ship that was unsinkable, the mighty Titanic

Achieved the unthinkable, and sank like a brick

In a science demonstration that was rather good

With the winner being Noah surrounded by wood

3

Its designers were no doubt sad and aghast

That a fabulous liner would go down so fast

The dynamics of a ship that is built to scale

Made a mockery of a toy-model somehow

What led to a precision made slide-rule to fail?

And air under pressure to dictate and prevail

And rivets to unfasten like a zip lying below

An albatross liner slain with a crossbow

A ship that was unsinkable, the mighty Titanic

Achieved the unthinkable, and sank like a brick

In a science demonstration that was rather good

With the winner being Noah surrounded by wood

4

The women and wealthy queued up for a boat

Handmade out of wood and so liable to float

The losers were left with the sea, bitter cold

Including the ship orchestra so we are told

An old Chinese junk, had it been sailing past

Would have derided a boat for sinking so fast

Yet someone had signed off every damn page

So how could it sink on its maiden voyage?

A ship that was unsinkable, the mighty Titanic

Achieved the unthinkable, and sank like a brick

In a science demonstration that was rather good

With the winner being Noah surrounded by wood

                             -------------------

What are the implications for future progress?

That is a good question I can’t answer I confess

In this fast moving age we could end up anywhere

So forget the Titanic; Noah’s Ark can take me there

The End

© Frankie Espirit