1.   Of course, I cannot

      Be sure, but I suspect;

      That Eons ago in

      This Solar System

      Three Planets were

      Wasted, un-livable they

      Have become. In most

      Star Maps of today

      They are held

      As Venus, Mars and

      The Asteroid Belt.

2.   Of course, I cannot

      Be sure, but I suspect;

      That some Ancestors of

      Ours was the cause.

      We seem to have

      Inherit this skill

      Of ours, since we

      Are well underway

      Of destroying the fourth,

      Otherwise known as Earth.

3.   Of course, I cannot

      Be sure, but I suspect;

      That any person

      Travelling the Milky Way,

      Who come across

      The Arm where a certain

      G-Star with nine

      Planets hangs around.

      Will find just outside

      Our Solar System an

      Electronic Message sign.

4.   Of course, I cannot

      Be sure, but I suspect;

      That the message will

      With flashing Light

      And colored Pictures set:

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W A R N I N G   D A N G E R

.....System under Quarantine.....

......Could be Contagious......

......Proceed at own Risk......

U N C I V I L I Z E D..... W I L D

H O M O   S A P I A N S

(Under no Constrain)

MAY SELF-DESTRUCT AT ANYTIME

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*The above poem was written in 1988, a Time which seemed very bleak for Mankind. It is now 2009 and I am happy to report the Time of Mankind's total self-destruction has past. However, we are still very close to ecological, environmental and economic collapse.