Earth Eulogy

Earth Eulogy By Mark D. Stucky She was a good planet, put to death in her prime by a pandemic of people. Homo-sapiens was a disease with mutating and metastasizing technological and industrial pus, emitting environmental toxins, exterminating flora and fauna, until the infection’s surge triggered its own extinction. Vaccines of ecological education and environmental regulations could not overpower the pathogen’s resistance. When the global viral load caused ever-rising fever, Earth suffered convulsions and, finally, Gaian coma. Other sentient souls amidst the starry galactic mist will surely miss you very much. Rest in peace, dear Earth. (Image by Gerd Altmann on Pixabay.com.)