Friday, February 19, 2021

more rocks

they find more rocks
on mars.
more red dust.
more nothing.
no air, no water,
no life.
but if we keep going
long enough,
who knows.
let's throw another
billion or two
to find out,
while the poor go hungry,
the sick die.
the jobless
lie on steam grates
and stare up at 
an empty sky.

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