Expanding universes knock,
Politeness cultured long ago.
They don't recall and can't unlock
The face of one who taught them so,
But all will swear from infancy,
Exacting standards made them know
Behavior's true propriety.

As time began to stretch and grow,
The universes sought to be
Enlightened, vast, and wise—although
Their youth betrayed them constantly.
Emotions swirled and slapped their stars
From galaxy to galaxy
Defined by black hole abattoirs.

A couple million years' decree
At last restrained spectaculars
And settled things to some degree.
The universes went to bars,
Dimension spanning, turned their eyes
Abroad to rifle strange bazaars,
Connecting, tossing winks and sighs.

Communication's jaunting cars
Created groups where truth and lies
Alike could laugh and smoke cigars,
Increase the universes' ties,
And bring about a working bond
That even now can harmonize,
A camaraderie beyond.

Of course, the future still applies.
The universes' growing pond
Continues flooding. Sureness flies,
And soon among the links they spawned,
Uncertainties will start to fray.
Their shines no longer paragoned,
The level tips, a downward sleigh.

Alas, without a magic wand—
And none exists—the day by day
Proceeds to tatter, creak, abscond.
For entropy's a staunch array
That never stops, will never mock
But likewise never goes away
Until it winds the final clock.

The universes blink, mislay
Their thinning gasses, lose the rock
They kept on permanent display,
Providing proof they used to talk.
Explosions, yes, but mostly slow
And incremental: block by block,
The silence creeps as lights go low...