We
are newly formed,
dust
and debris from stars,
from
sunshine, we invade and take over
occupy earth
with large forebrains, we
tool and toil, we
monopolize life, displace
and denude…like a fungus, a disease
we spread
and we don’t know anything
but we know life
a habitual rampage toward
living
while the universe ages slightly
we age rapidly
owning what was once
un-ownable
land
sea
air
we occupy earth
until we’ve run the course
hoping…hoping we can
devise define demand
ourselves into
space
where another
earth
awaits
this disease.