A            
      FERMI'S PARADOX       
                          
                                          
 THERE'S TOO  LITTLE APPARENT LIFE IN THE 
         UNIVERSE         
        OMEGA POINT         
         IT'-A       
                                          
                  THER                  
   THERE'S PROBABLY A POINT   
 (THEY TELL ME SO;  THE ONES  I TALK  TO, 
 THE   ONES   UNTOUCHED   BY  OUR  MORTAL 
                EMPTINESS)                
                                          
 THERE'S PROBABLY A  POINT  WHERE WE  TRY 
 TOO MUCH.  THE FEY ARE  CURIOUS LIKE US, 
 OR MOR  A  "KILLER FACT", SOMETHING 
 THAT  A SPECIES THAT ISN'T  CURIOUS WILL 
                NEVER FIND                
                                          
 BUT  SOMETHING  THAT  A  SPECIES THAT IS 
 CURIOUS IS BOUND  (IN THE FEY SENSE)  TO 
                 EXPLORE                  
                                          
 THE KEYWORD HERE  IS SAFETY MARGIN - 
 IT  WILL LOOK LIKE  ANY OTHER  FORCE, IT 
 WILL  FIT IN THE PUZZLE, SAFE TO  BEND - 
 BUT IT  WONT  BE,  AND THE  SECOND  THEY 
                  TRY...                  
                                          
            AND SOT             
 HEY LOOK AT  US  AND OUR PLANET AND THEY 
                  LAUH                 
 AUSE WE'RE NEXT...