We
are
but
lately-evolved
terranauts
slightly
perturbing
an
already 4 billion year
journey...which
will continue without us
In
reality we are already undertaking a pilgrimage of truly
cosmic proportions...
Revolving
at 0.28 mph/sec,
we orbit the sun at 18.5 mph/sec and the Milky Way at 140 mph/sec...
Heading
for the center of the local cluster at 25 mph/sec and 375 mph/sec
towards the Virgo Cluster
And
yet our venal
and mundane interests preclude us from appreciating the epic
nature of our journey
Our
capsule is fit for our travel until our sun claims us once again –
in approximately 1-2 billion years
Therefore,
all we really need do is routine
maintenance to ensure our craft remains able to sustain us
How
is it we do not see how the upkeep of our one earthly capsule is
absolutely necessary for our very survival?
For
it’s certain that venerable market economics is not
preserving systems that enable our ongoing existence
Yet
we rush on, blind
to the miracle of this tiny life-giving, blue-green-white sphere
we travel upon
Look,
there is no other unspoiled paradise to move on to once we have
fouled our one and only real nest
But
wait, can’t we go to Mars or the moon and start again while the
earth reinvents itself once again?
Right...On
those harsh and lifeless worlds we would be as fish gasping out of
water...totally out of place
Every
cell of every single living organism is perfectly evolved to survive
in this miraculous spaceliner
But
so consumed with feverish
activity spawned by ludicrous beliefs we blindly trash our only
refuge
Whirling
thru the heavens on a journey of a billion lifetimes, we have
purposefully chosen to ignore our ship
We
war constantly and eco-destructively in a consciously-vapid
ignorance of the grand wonder of our travel
Even
as we poison ourselves with the toxins which we have spread all about
our craft...we simply party on
Though
many warning
lights are flashing in our cabin, we deliberately take no
heed of them
For we believe in
the end we can always pull back from the abyss with some cheap, quick
and dirty fix
Yes,
we are certain that we have been divinely
ordained as masters of this amazing starship we call Earth
Thus,
do we cut the trees, gouge the soil, poison the water and foul the
air with a righteous
impunity
And
our astronauts are aghast upon seeing from space our dirty stains
upon this tiny speeding capsule
But,
grovelling, noses down, in our own wastes we can ignore the sky
above, hidden by our smog and light
Oh,
sure let’s get ready to go terraform Mars because we will soon
render the earth uninhabitable, right?
We
can probably make it work despite the radiation, cold, dust storms &
lack of plants, water and oxygen
But,
why the heck would we ever do that when we already travel in a
capsule that we evolved to survive in?
Are
we so insane as to despoil our one true ship like a proudly-ignorant
libertarians’ dilapidated modular?
Marginalized
and disparaged scientists squeak impotently beneath a cacophony of
trivial, fake news issues
Ordinary
folks squeal of terrorism, border security, abortion and jobs while
their only home is destroyed...
Saying
nothing at all of over-population, the 6th mass
extinction, toxic metals, CO2 or soil destruction
Meanwhile,
our ship sails on oblivious to our foolishness, fully and blindly
prepared to survive our
extinction
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