What's Life Without Simple Machines?

This is a poem I wrote in 4th grade which I found recently and posted. Enjoy!


Imagine how the world would be,

Without any technology.

No simple machines, and so no compound,

Nothing but our voices to provide a sound!



Imagine that there were no screw,

If you had to hold things together,

There would be nothing to do!

Your desks would break,

And the doors would fall flat,

Imagine all the problems caused because of that!



Now try and think what it would be like,

If there was no such thing as a pulley!

Then how would you play and ride on your bike?

Also there would, of course, be no elevators.

Also it would be so tough to draw water from a well

(Aah! Imagine what would happen if you fell!)



Here goes my favourite, can you guess what it is?

None other than the great lever!

Without levers, you wouldn’t be able to do all of this:

Playing on see-saws,

Opening doors,

You wouldn’t even be able to mop up your floors!



If there were none of these,

We wouldn’t be able to chop down trees!

It’s none other than the fantastic wedge!

Imagine there were no wedges, then how would we

Use a nail for connecting,

Or a knife for cutting?



Imagine there were no inclined plane

They really help us a lot,

(Though you may say they do not)

You find them in steps,

And on your playground slides,

Just look around, and you’ll see them on all sides!



Last but not least, the wheel and axel,

You find them on roller skates,

And on very heavy crates,

You’ll see them in trains,

And on cranes,

The wheel and axel never fails!



So now can you clearly see?

How difficult life without simple machines would be?