Doggerel Dave

Earth’s Preoccupation

OK Earth, don’t worry - you have the time;

You are but middle aged, still in your prime.

(A billion plus years then the Sun gets fat

And you toasted as a result of all that).

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You were kind, you let plants proliferate

And independent life forms propagate;

Dinosaurs ruled and with distinction

For millions of years until extinction.

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Later humans popped in, a stay far more brief

Their destructive nature beyond belief;

Prospects of any legitimate plans

Nil as internecine conflict expands.

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Will it be cockroaches or perhaps rats,

Although who knows, it may even be bats

Which provide a new evolutionary tree

One with its cooperative sap running free.