General strategies such as prudent behavior
Can be equally effective as more specialized
Deception.” Some nights, before sleep,
Hoping to remain undetected in my tiny nest,
I suspect our entire planet of being only
A cautious parasite on the sun that just set.
Trace it backwards, every last step, every
Last track, every last trace of complexity
Left by life’s thermodynamic cascade. What
Have we left? A star’s expenditure of flame
As gravity beckons it on towards nothing,
Continually nibbled at by Earth’s every vortex.
Uncounted discreet little mouths never rest.
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