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Have you listened to the prez lately?
juxtaposed
(2,778 posts)Glorfindel
(9,730 posts)Hark
While I croon a verse
In praise
Of the universe.
The universe is quite good-sized,
And is, I think, well organized,
Containing as it does, a slew
Of stars and planets. Comets too
Occasionally whiz about
And dodge and circle in and out
Among the clustered nebulae.
They scare the dickens out of me,
But I suppose they know their stuff
And are expert and quick enough
To keep from bumping or colliding
With other worlds. But Im residing
At present on the planet, earth,
And it does not arouse my mirth
To see these reckless comets fly
Around as if they owned the sky.
Its much too dangerous in a crowd,
And really shouldnt be allowed.
Yet tho theres nothing to prevent
Bad manners in the firmament,
The heavenly bodies, generally,
Are well behaved and courteously
Avoid all quarrels and disputes-
Tho when they have them, they are beauts.
As to the universes size,
Its rather large than otherwise,
Containing stars and galaxies
And satellites of all degrees.
And some are dim and some are bright,
But all are lighted up at night,-
Mostly along the Milky Way-
A quite remarkable display.
Some scientific fellows hope
By peering thru a telescope
To chart the heavens and name each star
Of all the billions that there are.
More sensible I think it is
Just to sit back and let them whiz
Along on their accustomed track
Around and round the zodiac.
For since they are not bothering me
I think its best to let them be.
And that is all I have to say
About the universe today.
from "Freddy and the Spaceship" by Walter R. Brooks
(Freddy was a pig)
angstlessk
(11,862 posts)IF there is no other intelligent life 'out there'...there are no pigs!
Fla Dem
(23,690 posts)Very hard to get your head around. And of course we have no way of knowing whether there is other intelligent life in the universe.
The other thing that boggles my mind is that the universe is constantly expanding. At one time astronomers thought the universe was static. But they were wrong. I read that at some point in time if earth still exists and is still inhabited a person will look into the night sky and see nothing, no stars, because they all moved so very far away.