Thursday, August 23, 2012

If You Think

We don't. We take “regular things” for granted,
But how much of life is weird when you think about it?
Stuff cannot occupy the same space, can be hard, is nearly empty.
We drink the same water as dinosaurs did (though they had plenty).
The most highly, precariously evolved animals on earth
Live in great hives like the meanest, thoughtless insects.
And time? It's a puzzle inside a paradox inside a huge freakin' mess.
It moves like the Flash and Mercury had a kid on an acid trip.
We eagerly take money, made out of trees, for it,
The ultimate in natural, unrenewable resources,
Despite knowing, sure as oil, that we'll never get it back.

We are not currently researching a man-made substitute.

And how about the human personality?
They're like us – seven billion and all weird.
Ninety-nine percent of the time, you can predict future acts
Based on careful observation of a person's past,
Except when you can't.
What's up with that?

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