Planetary Experiments

This planet thinks

So many organisms failed

before we were here

Earth is trying us out

for thousands of years

in order to see

if we're capable

of sustaining ourselves

and the life it gave us

So far

to help us live in this world

we've chosen the industries

of death

It's giving us one last chance

to get it right

or

it will drown us

poison us

blow us away

shake our foundations

burn us or freeze us

and otherwise

make a hell

some religions believe exists

in order to advance

some other beings

it may have already created

Trees could be

the smartest beings

on the planet

They don't move

as often as we do

Imagine

a tree building

its house out of people

but don't repeat that

or it might happen

Barry G. Wick