Venus and the Ark is a clear spoof because the story makes fun of how humanity is in crisis even though we have all this technology that could "save us all". Think about it, the original ark story was about how god didn't like what was on Earth and therefore tried to wipe out all its inhabitants and "start over". Well, that type of concept is happening in the poem EXCEPT, the "flood" in this case is humanity itself!
People are deadly, they have weapons, they have machines, they have missiles. The US has enough nukes to destroy the world 20x over, yet we live in a "peaceful society". The poem makes light of this fact that we could all die at any moment-we don't live in a peaceful society. Technology isn't always our friend. And we shouldn't depend on others, as in the Government, in a welfare state, to fix our problems.
People are deadly, they have weapons, they have machines, they have missiles. The US has enough nukes to destroy the world 20x over, yet we live in a "peaceful society". The poem makes light of this fact that we could all die at any moment-we don't live in a peaceful society. Technology isn't always our friend. And we shouldn't depend on others, as in the Government, in a welfare state, to fix our problems.
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