Instructions to the First Cause
Find a great space somewhere,
and light giant stars in it.
Create matter and shape planets,
and as each is finished—spin it.
Bestow an atmosphere to some,
add a little warmth and water.
Now sow the seeds of life
and sit back and watch
the slaughter.
After graduating from Canterbury University, NEW ZEALAND, Carl began his working life as a television producer and director for the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation. His teaching career includes further studies for a post-grad Diploma in the Teaching of the Deaf and Hearing Impaired and a two-year contract as HOD English in Western Samoa. “Target for Terror,” a middle-grade novel, published in NZ by National Pacific Press in 2008, was his first venture into writing.
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