Status Update

 

Don’t know how much longer I’ll cope—

I’ve pretty much killed off all hope;

Near the end of my rope 

On our fatal downslope,

All I do now is sleep and smoke dope.

 Who’s Going to Win the Election?

Believe the kabuki veneer

And you’ll feel discomposure severe;

“Our whole world will shatter

So what does it matter?”

Thus sayeth the seer. 

IC

There’s plenty of vilification 

Of Industrial Civilization,

But its wide application

Provides confirmation 

Of its compelling gratification.  

Call It Midnight

What word tells folks what it’s about,

When extinction’s no longer in doubt?

Midnight’s not right,

But still, after midnight, 

We're gonna let it all hang out.

Tired of Politics?

Fed up with political scenes?

Much worse is what next supervenes

[von Clausewitz quotation]:

“War is the continuation

Of politics by other means.”

Apprehension

We all know that something is wrong:

It’s overshoot, coming on strong;

Despite some dismay,

I’m still sort of okay,

But I sure won’t be okay for long.

Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?

1. 

Evolution.

 

2. 

Meat sacks, made out of molecules, 

Which bounce around strictly by physics rules;

Within these arise

Nerve events which comprise

Life, as experienced by human fools. 

 

3. 

You know.