Extinction Geographical studies revealing an ancient historical plot Foreboding stories tell where present landforms and depth of the seas begot Deluge and dismay from natural causes are ending archaic flora and fauna Molten and magma spew forth leaving ashes; life blinking away in a series of flashes Violent tremors shifting tectonic plates reshaping the crust of the globe Cataclysmic events triggering massive species wide death throes Seemingly iniquitous removing life on such an extraordinary scale Survival of the fittest meaning nothing when only the fortunate prevail The supercontinent now fractured pressures align terrain dispersed Thirty million years henceforth this chaos until recovery of life on earth Siphon the Tethys Siphon the Tethys Siphon the Tethys Siphon the Tethys To what degree can we conclude a cause of this epic occurrence Perhaps millennia of flood basalt disgorged from buried earthen vents Hypothesized radiation from a supernova scrutinized as simple conjecture Further doubt cast on the remnants of an arctic archaic meteorite A rift causing mountains to sink into the sea This mass of water, now shallowing Terra firma breaking apart lifting beneath Eradication encompassing Violent tremors shifting tectonic plates reshaping the crust of the globe Cataclysmic events triggering massive species wide death throes Survival of the fittest meaning nothing when only the fortunate prevail The supercontinent now fractured pressures align terrain dispersed Siphon the Tethys Siphon the Tethys Siphon the Tethys Siphon the Tethys Extinction Pangaea obliterated Causing an end to this Permian life Thirty five million years until there is renewed life