the ancients would be offended
at being called ancient; so ahead
of anything that came after that
modern technology hasn't caught
up to them yet & won't;    
it's specialty
pure destruction,
digging holes,    fiery
explosions &                  deadly gas
clouds that will malignantly affect
generations to come on the cellular  
& chromosomal level
[besides polluting the water
supply w/ psychoactive chemicals];
               certain things the ancients
built are still standing & other thing
so grand although gone,
we still know about them [Palla
Athena, Colossus of Rhodes,
    Delphic Oracle; &c., &c.;
Stonehenge, Easter Island,
    pyramids, to whole lost cities;
    my buddy posted a Polaroid
online of our old neighborhood
c.1974; everything in the
                picture is gone