THE SICK SHIT ABOUT           
                                          
                             
               OUR WORLD                
                             
                                          
 IS THAT IT'S PRETTY YOUNG AS  WORLDS GO, 
 THERE  MUST HAVE  BEEN COUNTLESS  WORLDS 
 HERE  BEFORE  OURS, ON  THIS EARTH,  AND 
             WHAT ABOUT THIS:             
                                          
 IF I  AM  A  CAT,  TWENTY YEARS  OF AGE, 
 I'VE  LIVED ALMOST  TWO  PERCENT  OF THE 
           TIME SINCE ZERO BCE            
                                          
 THINGS ARE RECENT.  HUMANITY  IS RECENT. 
 IT  WAS NOT, GEOLOGICALLY SPEAKING, SUCH 
 A  VERY  LONG TIME SINCE  THEY  INVENTED 
                THE WHEEL                 
                   AND                    
 I  LIKE THE  WHEEL  JUST  AS MUCH AS THE 
 NEXT  PERSON  BUT  WHAT ABOUT THE EARTH? 
 THE  ORIGINAL  MARBLE.   THE  LOOSE  ORB