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and so, what do we see?
[A]
1.
We see...
Their planet is third from the source
That it still takes sunlight 8 minutes and 20 seconds to reach Earth
So, they're not as koodauzled yet
Thus, stable (for now)
Despite the polar melts and atmospheric fumes....
2.
We see.....
Stick-like appendages still grow out of extensions
At the end of long, dangly limbs
With hard yet pliable, translucent growths at end
To use for countless tasks.
3.
We see....
They still consume: plants....and animals
No change there.
Yet, now ....less subsistence
More modified products to eventual detriment.
4.
We see....still
They engage in warfare, of all kinds
Air, ground, mental, cyber, chemical....
No end to barrage of senseless acts
Violence is slippage as means to commune.
5.
We see...
Some figures more gaunt than others
A kind of poverty of the inside duels external opulence
Deep clutter and subsequent wasting
Twisted fragments of utter decay increasing.
6.
We see....
More enterprising ventures in communication
From lightbulb to phone to pads
Neat advancements in technology and science
From many kinds of wheels to flight.
7.
We see...
Their offspring subject to long years in learning
To maintain (by rote) their disproportionate rules and ready values
Propping equations and formulae into heads
Castaways on a rickety boat in a deep sea of confusion.
8.
We see....
Amidst beauty of their art in all forms
Of dance and music, visual and written
Other forms of entertainment are demeaning to some
Mind-numbing staring and raucous outbursts.
9.
We see...
Figures of peace reduced considerably
Voices erstwhile strong and fearless, full of candour and truth
Now, fashionable puppet-sticks of media
With regurgitated rhetoric a-spew.
10.
We see.....
Mother Nature and geriatric folk not as cared for
Neglected and (..)used
How long before this greed catches up....
Afore progeny be heirs to blight.
[B]
We see not....
Enough of
Peace
Harmony
Kindness
Sharing
Forward Thinking
Courage
Inter-Connectedness
Hope
Inner Consciousness
Not nearly enough.
[C]
We long to reach out and touch the centre of their being
And share fruits of universal wisdom
And steer all away from adversity.
Yes, we long so
For them to see.....
[D]
1.
Not yet....
All so easily done....but
They are not yet ready.....but
One day...
2.
Yet....
We will continue to observe
They know not we may be among them
observing
to return on the Aurora in a few light-seconds
S T, 6 May 2013
(dedicated to outridin' light)
.
QED...really?
as Mr. Lintnaar (my ol' Math teacher:) used to say
just a silly poem, is all.
TIP:
A must-see film (if only the introduction) ......"The Gods Must Be Crazy"
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INFO:
One light year (a measure of distance, not time) = 365 x 12 x 4 x 3 x 30 x 7 x 24 miles
The sun is 93 million miles from Earth (or 149 668 620 km)
Earth to Alpha Centaurus (closest star system to our sun) = 4,3 light years
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KEY:
Speed of light = 186 000 miles per second
One mile = 1,6 kilometres
1 light minute (the distance it takes light to travel in one minute) = 17 987 547.5 kilometres
1 light year = presently defined to be equal to precisely 31557600 light-seconds
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SITES:
http://www.universetoday.com/15021/how-long-does-it-take-sunlight-to-reach-the-earth/
http://earthsky.org/brightest-stars/alpha-centauri-is-the-nearest-bright-star
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