Slim Chance
The Earth’s a speck of trivial mud,
Thumping with a thud
Some other planet presently,
Spattered in Time’s spacious, stellar sea.
The oceans and the rocks will splash--
The stars together smash—
And will our species splatter, too?
Or, will it escape—prevail—anew?
Copyright © Steve Eng | Year Posted 2010
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