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