The Only Experiment
©December 2nd, 2017
By Vijaya Sundaram
And the rich got richer,
And the poor got poorer,
And they all died unhappily
Ever after, consigned to ash.
And on vast unending plains,
The planet burns, a furnace
That melts all the icecaps.
And as the seas rise,
A single boat floats.
There is no one on it,
Just a very large note
On its starboard:
“We were a failed experiment.
Do not find out about us.
Leave this planet, at once!
Go far, far away,
Evolve sideways.
Never become bipedal
Grow as many legs as you can,
And run, run, run!”
No one sees the note.
There is no one to see.
They’ll never come to visit,
Because they never were.
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