interesting timez

so ok
once upon a time
this
huge ball of gas
spun around
in infinite space
for a while
while
this
wet
ball
of a world
spun around
& around
it
while
gazillionz
of species came & went
for gazillionz
of yearz
& one
of those species
learned how to type
these wordz
for a bit
while thinking
we would go on & on & on...
there have been homo sapiens
for only the last 300,000 years..
while dinosaurs existed for 250million years
only until 65million years ago
when it appears they went extinct
when a comet hit the earth..
according to scientist this was merely one
of some 5 or 6 mass extinction
of most of the species on earth...
& we are in the midst of one now
that has been going on for several centuries
since even before the industrial age..
it occurred to me the other day
that most folks think the world is just
gonna go on & on forever..
that the planet will keep looking like it does
that the cityz & townz of the world
will go on & on
continue being "real estate"
in the mindz on the many money minded folks..
yet
in 5000 years will there be a country
we would recognize..?
in 3,000,000 years will there be human beings
we would see as ourselvez...?
in 250million years would the planet
look anything like it could support "us"...?
the thing is
we live as though
life will go on forever
while at the same time denying
any notion of our personal immortality
or infinitude...
when it seems that life will go on
evolving beyond us
for only as long as the physical universe lasts
?
ive heard it said that there's
an ancient Chinese curse:
"...may you live in interesting times..."
we live in interesting times
i think all would agree:
earthquakes, tidal wavez,
blizzardz, tornadoes,
hurricanes, landslides,
forest fires, volcanic eruptions
"wars & rumors of war..."
just in the past 12 months
2005 will be remembered
as the year of natural disasters?
i think if the craters of the moon
tell us anything
its only a matter of time
of which the universe has plenty
before the the earth will collide
with something big
imagine
if people spread to the moon & mars
& something wacked the earth
there would still be life like us
& all our favorite lifeforms
dogz, cats, & wheatgrass
to carry on
just think
?