tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90632713946036262032024-03-06T02:15:26.267-08:00Limericks of Doomby BenjaminTheDonkeyBenjaminTheDonkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304901070197940843noreply@blogger.comBlogger639125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9063271394603626203.post-46073791123654455812023-05-01T05:34:00.005-07:002023-05-01T05:38:23.333-07:00Apex Predator Irony<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Our attributes helped us excel<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">In ruling the world where we dwell;<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">But without these same traits,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">We’d not seal our fates </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">By blowing the whole place to hell.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span> </p>BenjaminTheDonkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304901070197940843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9063271394603626203.post-13672565346327990902023-04-24T06:25:00.004-07:002023-04-24T06:25:58.378-07:00Homo Sapiens<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">This animal always has said:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">“I’m the greatest thing since sliced bread!”<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">But now overshoot<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Shows a dumb swinish brute</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">That’s very soon going to drop dead.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span> </p>BenjaminTheDonkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304901070197940843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9063271394603626203.post-21003849239690413732023-04-17T06:17:00.002-07:002023-04-17T06:18:17.563-07:00The Food Pyramid<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">To live, we all must compete </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Against others we cannot not defeat;<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">As resources deplete,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Some will cheat with deceit<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">To have enough people to eat.<o:p></o:p></p>BenjaminTheDonkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304901070197940843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9063271394603626203.post-69679365236186566602023-04-10T06:07:00.000-07:002023-04-10T06:07:42.085-07:00Impermanence<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">We evolved. and right from then on,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Bursting with promise and brawn,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">We thought we were clever,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">We’d live on forever—</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">But “poof!” just like that, we’ll be gone.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>BenjaminTheDonkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304901070197940843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9063271394603626203.post-36295506757179602992023-04-03T07:33:00.003-07:002023-04-03T07:33:39.450-07:00Ugh<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">I can’t take much more of the hate<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">And knowing what’s coming: our fate,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">The suffering, lying,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Everyone dying—<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">There’s not too much longer to wait.<o:p></o:p></p>BenjaminTheDonkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304901070197940843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9063271394603626203.post-25556364573562405992023-03-27T06:12:00.004-07:002023-03-27T07:58:09.400-07:00The Indifference of Overshoot<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">By studying nature we learn <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Of a species’ normal concern;<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Though unbearably sad,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">It’s not ‘cause we’re bad,</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">But simply that now</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> it’s our turn.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>BenjaminTheDonkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304901070197940843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9063271394603626203.post-61005111135061503202023-03-20T06:29:00.003-07:002023-03-20T06:29:41.582-07:00Fate<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Rational thought wasn’t wrong—<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">The reptilian brain was too strong;<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">We just couldn’t solve <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">How to better evolve, <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">And that’s why we’re saying “so long.”<o:p></o:p></p>BenjaminTheDonkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304901070197940843noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9063271394603626203.post-9681290334148839182023-03-13T08:01:00.002-07:002023-03-13T08:01:32.234-07:00Electric Vehicles<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Cars of electric design <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Make vehicles seem more benign:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Fuel burns far away,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">So people can say,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">“We’re sure things will work out just fine.”<o:p></o:p></p>BenjaminTheDonkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304901070197940843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9063271394603626203.post-35457394086577916632023-03-06T05:58:00.000-08:002023-03-06T05:58:01.947-08:00Human Nature<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Burning carbon, we knew, meant good-bye,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">But pleasure can cause folks to lie;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">We chose to deny<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">And turned a blind eye,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">So that’s why we’re all going to die.<o:p></o:p></span></p>BenjaminTheDonkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304901070197940843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9063271394603626203.post-10406105853587119312023-02-27T06:36:00.003-08:002023-02-27T07:08:43.533-08:00The War to End All Wars<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;">Our final big war’s up ahead</span><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">For ending the sorrows and dread:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Then we’ll all feel alright<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">And no one will fight<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Because everyone’s going to be dead. <o:p></o:p></p>BenjaminTheDonkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304901070197940843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9063271394603626203.post-12913507507302564972023-02-16T05:50:00.003-08:002023-02-16T06:03:32.320-08:00What a Piece of Work Is a Man! <p> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;">What a piece of work is a man!….And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span> </span>—Hamlet (Act II, Scene 2)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Determined, he does what he must,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">But some acts are not much discussed:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">He makes earth combust,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">He cannot adjust, <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">And then he turns back into dust. <o:p></o:p></p>BenjaminTheDonkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304901070197940843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9063271394603626203.post-90833678943364200722023-02-13T07:18:00.002-08:002023-02-13T07:18:18.001-08:00“Crisis,” as in “Climate Crisis”<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">A “crisis” is an event</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">In which chances for changes present; <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">But doom’s course, we know,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Was set long ago,</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">And the outcome is fixed in cement.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span> </p>BenjaminTheDonkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304901070197940843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9063271394603626203.post-56495833261439805152023-02-06T07:24:00.003-08:002023-02-06T07:25:34.112-08:00<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Extinction Taboo<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">It looks like we made a boo-boo</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Which landed us deep in doo-doo; <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Though most folks pooh-pooh,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">We’ll soon go boo-hoo,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">But saying so still is taboo. <o:p></o:p></p>BenjaminTheDonkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304901070197940843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9063271394603626203.post-79947359545179690872023-01-28T07:06:00.003-08:002023-01-28T07:06:53.637-08:00<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">It’s All Over<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">However dissatisfying,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">It’s over, except for the crying;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Denying and lying <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Are less terrifying</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Than knowing we’ll soon all be dying.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span> </p>BenjaminTheDonkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304901070197940843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9063271394603626203.post-365729303731680662023-01-24T09:14:00.004-08:002023-01-24T09:15:58.951-08:00<p> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;">Brief History</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">“In the beginning.…the earth was without form, and void….” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">— Genesis 1:1-2 (King James Version)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">We humans will soon have destroyed<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Our earth, which we often enjoyed;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The lives living here<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Will all disappear,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Leaving earth again formless and void.<o:p></o:p></span></p>BenjaminTheDonkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304901070197940843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9063271394603626203.post-20925325146501995612023-01-09T08:59:00.000-08:002023-01-09T08:59:03.565-08:00<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Hard Fact<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">We’re just players in life’s evolution <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Where extinctions perform execution;<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Of the facts that are key,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">The hardest might be<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">The fact that there is no solution.<o:p></o:p></p>BenjaminTheDonkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304901070197940843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9063271394603626203.post-25001718282373048492023-01-09T08:57:00.003-08:002023-01-09T08:57:49.623-08:00<p> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;">Overshoot and the Indifferent Universe</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Life may contain pleasant perks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">But death is still one of its quirks;<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">We’ve now overshot<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">And can’t change the plot—<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">That’s just how the universe works. <o:p></o:p></p>BenjaminTheDonkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304901070197940843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9063271394603626203.post-47534085435646167022023-01-09T08:56:00.001-08:002023-01-09T08:56:07.598-08:00<p> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;">[The following collected verses were originally posted in other places.]</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">ACCEPTANCE<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">There’s not too much longer to wait:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">You and I, who’re accepting our fate,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Know it’s over—we’re through;<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Let our talk then be true, <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">For the hour is now getting late.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">We’re running into a glitch,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">So I hope to learn what I can ditch: <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Accept things I can’t change,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Those I can, rearrange, <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">And the wisdom to know which is which.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">If I were to guess where we went<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">When we go through our final descent:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Acceptance, full scope, <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">With the loss of all hope <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Is a once-in-a-lifetime event.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">It won’t matter, whatever you do,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">But accepting that doom’s really true—<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">And there’s nowhere to flee<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">From the NTHE—<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Will alter your whole point of view. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Doom’s going be bad, m’kay?<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">But it’s natural growth and decay;<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">So relax and accept,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">And try to get prepped,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">‘Cause it’s not going to go away.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">It's the end of the sapiens' age, <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">So how will we disengage:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Recognizing the trend<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">And accepting the end,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Or stuck in the bargaining stage? <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">If the climate change has evolved <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">To a problem your mind wants resolved; <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Cognitive dissonance<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Becomes less intense<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">By accepting it cannot be solved. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Doom’s coming, what should I do?<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Do the math, let it in, get a clue,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Get it into your head<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">We’ll all soon be dead,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Accept that it’s over—we’re through.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">No future means we must deal<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">With so many things doom will reveal,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">But NTHE <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Means you no longer flee <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Or fight with accepting what’s real.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Between different worlds we are swept<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">While we get mentally prepped;<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">This weird disconnect<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Is what to expect<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Cause extinction’s so hard to accept.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Fate’s something we can’t wish away:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Atoms bounce as they must and don’t stray;<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">We protest or accept<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">While we’re getting prepped,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">But we don’t get to have any say.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Even if physically prepped,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">And with skills at which one is adept,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">The outlook’s so bleak,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">It will make people freak,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">So doom takes awhile to accept.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Brain neural pathways require<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Certain stimuli to rewire;<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Accept that chem preps<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Have rate limiting steps,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">And each one takes time to transpire.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Accept we’re material dust<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">In a world neither just nor unjust;<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">What happens each day<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Can be no other way<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Because molecules move as they must. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Studying nature explains<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">The uselessness of our campaigns;<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">When no fix is left,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">We’re completely bereft,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">And only acceptance remains.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">When we’ve conquered much of our fear,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">And accepted the ending is near;<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">We’ve taken big steps, <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">But aside from our preps,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Where do we go from here?<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Kubler-Ross’s “Five Stages of Grief”<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Provides framework that’s simple and brief;<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">As far as I see,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Acceptance will be<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">As good as it gets for relief. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Most common, of course, is denial,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">For anger, we all can see bile; <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">A bargaining style,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Some depression awhile,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">And acceptance completes our trial.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">You know preps will prove ineffective,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">And also, that lots of invective<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Will be coming your way<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">If you choose to display<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">A post-acceptance perspective.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">In our world of limits, we rue<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Things we did and what we didn’t do;<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">We'll feel better prepped<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">The more we accept<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">The limits inside of us too.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Where to be, is where you accept <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">That for saving ourselves we’re inept; <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">As to what you should be,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Many here will agree<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">That by now you should be largely prepped.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">The view of what’s coming’s less blurry,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">So we cut down on hurry and scurry;<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Having looked at our fear,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Acceptance draws near—<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">And with it, a time of less worry.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">A progress evaluation <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Might reflect some good adaptation; <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">In making that link,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">I’d much rather think<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">It’s acceptance, and not resignation. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">We learned a lot during our climb,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Since first we crawled out of the slime;<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Now it seems, reader friend,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">That accepting our end<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Is the main lesson for our time.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Because we’re no smarter than yeast,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">It turns out we’ll soon be deceased;<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Being old makes one prepped<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">To more promptly accept:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Any day now, we shall be released.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">I’m working real hard to create<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">A way of accepting our fate;<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Pursuing that stuff<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Prob’ly won’t help enough,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">But it’s something to do while we wait.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">I sit on this runaway train<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Watching the passing terrain;<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">There’s not much I can do<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">But accept doom is true,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">And wait for the end of the pain. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Writing is mostly my way<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Of coming to terms with dismay,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">So the more I accept<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">And get mentally prepped,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">The less, it seems, I’ve got to say. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">In the course of becoming awake, <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">We find things we cannot remake; <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Accept, from the trend, <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">That the world’s going to end,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">And the rest’s just a mere piece of cake. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Acceptance allows us to strike<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Discomfort from out of our psych;<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">It’s easy to do<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">For me and for you—<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Except for the things we don’t like. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Here’s a truth which we can’t disavow: <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">In the end, life is no cat’s meow;<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">It’s getting quite late<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">For accepting our fate—<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Let me know if you figure out how.<o:p></o:p></p>BenjaminTheDonkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304901070197940843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9063271394603626203.post-46105506271691966352023-01-09T08:54:00.003-08:002023-01-09T08:54:59.075-08:00<p> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;">Memento Mori</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">The horror of doom’s going to grow<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">To unbearable torture, I know;<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Now I’m comfortably numb, <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">But that time’s going to come—<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">The time when it comes time to go.<o:p></o:p></p>BenjaminTheDonkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304901070197940843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9063271394603626203.post-6050767417831148742023-01-09T08:53:00.002-08:002023-01-09T08:53:47.277-08:00<p> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;">Meaninglessness</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Is that “life has no meaning” your view<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">(Except what you came to pursue <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Based, your life through,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">On what influenced you)?<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">If that’s what you think—well, it’s true!<o:p></o:p></p>BenjaminTheDonkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304901070197940843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9063271394603626203.post-65641845908983675112022-11-30T06:39:00.003-08:002022-11-30T06:39:32.631-08:00<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Doom and the Consensus Trance<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Now our consensus trance shatters:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Convictions once held drop in tatters; <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Belief schemes we drafted<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">And through our lives crafted<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Leave little remaining that matters.<o:p></o:p></p>BenjaminTheDonkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304901070197940843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9063271394603626203.post-3408345322407660832022-11-25T07:37:00.003-08:002022-11-25T07:38:14.597-08:00<p> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;">Alarmist?</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">The powers that be won’t admit<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">We’re heading straight to our obit; <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">So it isn’t strange we<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Can already see<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">People are losing their shit. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">What is its cause at the root? <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Whom might we persecute?<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">From an objective view,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">It’s logically true <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">The reason is just overshoot.<o:p></o:p></p>BenjaminTheDonkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304901070197940843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9063271394603626203.post-58333645415204387942022-11-18T08:41:00.004-08:002022-11-18T08:41:31.524-08:00<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Beat the Rush: Collectibles<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Don’t wait till more see what’s ahead:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Monetize stuff now instead;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Once the end’s seen as final,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">All the Beatles on vinyl<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Won’t trade for a half loaf of bread.<o:p></o:p></span></p>BenjaminTheDonkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304901070197940843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9063271394603626203.post-43511864069275061522022-11-04T09:36:00.003-07:002022-11-04T09:36:24.748-07:00<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Bread and Circuses<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Ancient Romans will echo ahead<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">About keeping their commoners fed:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">It won’t matter, you know,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">How much circus they show</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">If they cannot provide enough bread.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span> </p>BenjaminTheDonkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304901070197940843noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9063271394603626203.post-58369541240857258662022-10-23T11:03:00.001-07:002022-10-23T11:03:52.709-07:00<p> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;">It Ain’t Me Babe</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">When non-doomers ask me for take-aways,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">I think up assorted delays:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">Like “I’m not the one<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">To spoil all your fun<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; margin: 0in;">And ruin your remaining last days.”<o:p></o:p></p>BenjaminTheDonkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18304901070197940843noreply@blogger.com0