THE GOOD NEWS is we survive the virus
and continue ruling the Earth,
believing, as ever, Man is the measure
of precisely what everything’s worth.
After a while we return to the “norm”
(destroying the seas, polluting the air)
doubtless we’ll be in excellent form
(extincting species, without a care
in the world so long as there's profit).
It’s what we do. We cannot stop it.
From the planet's perspective it's true but sad:
our “good” news is actually “bad”.