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