there is a difference between thoughtless and not thinking

the human animal
has wiped out
near all the other
animals, again.

i am shuffling
papers, warm
from the printer.
i am trying to
get all the edges
to line up.
there is
nothing
i need
to think about.

the human animal
is collapsing
again all
its civilizations.

fear,
again runs
the human animal
into dust.

the human animal,
again leans
on narrow
and conservative
thought.

i am tapping
pages against a
solid flat surface.
i am trying
to get the edges
to line up.
there is
nothing
i need
to think about.

the human animal
has a swelling
population again.

the human animal
will again
grow too large.

the human animal
will again
outstrip and
out compete,
even itself.

the human animal
is again
in many forms
of decline.

the paper is
still warm
in my hands.
the paper is
bleached
a brilliant bone
white.
i am tapping
and shuffling
the paper,
trying to get
the edges
to line up.
there is
nothing
i need
to think about.

the canyons are
buried under
hundreds of feet
of mud
and water.
the paintings are
now no longer
seen.
the printer is
beeping
to tell me
it needs more
paper.
the crab fishery
has been
cancelled,
billions of
expected crab
are no longer
there.
the paper is warm
in my hands.
the ink is black
upon the bleached
white.

the human animal
is growing
and it is
shrinking.

the paper is
being rapped
upon a stiff
and smooth
surface.
i am trying
to get the edges
to line up.
there is
nothing
i need
to think about.