. Man made his house by rolling dirt— Rock that was flung up from the earth. Man then planted, course, grainy seeds After nature made trees, fruits, and bees. Man soon built fortresses, folds containing, The weathers grew angry, gathering, raining, So he fashioned bold cities built upon strands And great ships laden with spoils command. The oceans were quarry and the skies gave in, The plains dried up, all animals were thinned. And then— man imagined, if only the stars, With nothing left, must we settle on mars?