Friday, March 29, 2019

№ 562: Crystal Ball

REAL WORLD, March 28

When you look closely,
you see we're such jerks,
it hard to imagine
that anything works.
Why, for instance,
more cars don't crash
since our abilities
are so slapdash.
Could be our “settling” —
how we make-do —
is the secret ingredient
pulling us through?
Or is it our breeding,
our over producing
children, that prevents
our numbers reducing?

Optimist cite
Homo sapien pluck.
All that I see is
just pure dumb luck.
Call it this, call it that,
I have no doubt,
whatever it is,
it's running out.
Anthropology shows
we too shall pass.
WHATEVER WE DO.
You bet your ass.