'Have you ever thought, <br />How we teleport? <br />Just how does it work? ' <br />Said Captain Kirk. <br />'No-one has been able to unravel, <br />This speedy way to travel. <br />Suppose when you arrive, <br />It's a new body that's alive. <br />What do you think Bones, <br />Are we all clones? <br />Perhaps we're not who we were, <br />And that light above is really a laser, <br />Able to make a detailed scan, <br />Of every atom and thought of a man. <br />However it may seem, <br />If we're not really in that beam, <br />This amazing machine, <br />Would be a bad dream, <br />That just makes a print in 3D, <br />Of you and me. <br />It is possible each time we vaporize, <br />No-one can hear our cries. <br />We'd stop seeing teleports as fun, <br />If we knew we were stepping into a sun. <br /> <br />Perhaps it doesn't really matter. <br />Or maybe I'm just mad as a hatter. <br />Oh, what the heck, <br />We'll just be brave, it's Star Trek! ' <br /> <br />Bones said, beginning to frown, <br />'I need to lie down. <br />I wish you'd asked Spock, <br />You've given me quite a shock, <br />Now you've made me think, <br />I need a really powerful drink.'<br /><br />Stephen Katona<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/to-teleport-or-not-to-teleport/
