Friday, October 16, 2015

It Will Not Matter

It will not matter, but then what will?
Neither my life nor my species are sacrosanct.
Our planet has a predicted expiration date.
Surely we humans will not experience that foreclosure.

Epicures, to which arguably all life forms
Inevitably pay tribute, do not offer more,
Or less, than the sanctified or disadvantaged.
All belong to time, which cares little for its passengers.

If we name a krill, Michael and a whale Moby,
Can we pass judgment on which to label "a cause,
Except through the Epicureans looking glass?

Best to smile and have another pistachio.

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