Showtime

"Turn on the television",

Says an angel munching popcorn,

At the end of each century

"What are the humans up to?"

15th Century:

Columbus exploring lands on unending voyages

Enchanting symphonies of musicians

Words printed publicly

On yet another note,

Empires waging wars for supremacy

16th Century: 

Shakespeare sprinkles an era of Literature

Novel religions blend together

World marvels at inventions

Oh! Their foolish twist,

Struggling against man made plagues

17th Century:

Pascal, Boyle, Newton bask in glorious Science

Folks marvel at exquisite cuisines

Discover how universe expands

But humans need a change,

How about propagating slavery

18th Century:

Darwin and Berkeley penetrate philosophic minds

Austen explores societal strata

Mozart floats among harps

Well enough, humans think

Let's plot royal conspiracies

19th Century:

Civilizations soar with industrial revolution

Pasteur creates life-saving vaccines

Giant machines uplift cities

Isn't that much for now

Time to expand slave colonies

20th Century:

Theories leave immortal traces in all fields

Carbon dating, electromagnetic rays,

Nuclear reactions building spaceships

Humans have a different need

Devastating nuclear bomb thrills

Bored, angels switch to channel Earth

Only two decades past 21st century,

Interstellar voyages, flying planes,

A primitive human wouldn't believe,

But oh they can never change,

Bubbling venom of cold wars,

Dead humanity, tortured nature,

Cheap thrills of pointless debates.

"Okay that's been a while I say,

It is time to give them a taste.

At regular intervals in this century,

Humans with their wolfish greed

Surpassing idiocy need a pause."

Combating over money, religions, 

Nature, opinions, nothing else

While humans oppose each other

Forgetting to ponder their doings

Angels and demons dance together

Letting nature throw up for a while

God laughs as he tunes for showtime,

"And now for something completely different..."