When you leave, turn the lights off—
It matters not to me,
For I am the last subtraction
From the sum of humanity.
The stars have blinked their final light,
Planets turned to dust,
The galaxies collapsing inward—
Even silence starts to rust.
Religion is a dim memory,
A ghost caught in black holes,
A story written long ago
To comfort frightened souls.
There are no children...
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