I cannot …

remember
the last time I read
a history of the world …
the planet hurtles
through space
linked with its star (our star)
not caring about this …
I’ve lost interest
in any history of where I
continue to continue …
no history of this place
can be trusted … this
I have realized …
How many viewpoints
on what’s important
are simply erroneous?
Maybe every one of them —
one can hope this
isn’t true … but I can
name several that are …
what’s to be written?

The “Pale Blue Dot” …

represents reality
in a way far too many
refuse to recognize …
the universe is large
and we are small …
the miniature-minded
among us are even smaller …

D.A. (David) Pratt “continues to continue” in a comfortably conventional community in Canada … he is genuinely concerned about the burgeoning stupidity that seems to be virtually everywhere …