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Us & the Universe

from Ensonglopedia of the Human by John Hinton

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Of all of the creatures who’ve lived on this Earth
The ones we call humans seem to be the first
To ponder their place in the Universe.

Twinkle twinkle, little star,
How we used to wonder what you are.
Were you fixed to a heavenly plane?
Could you help us predict the rain?
Did you chart our past and future?
Could you help us find our suitor?
Twinkle twinkle little star,
Now we know much better what you are.

Twinkle twinkle little planet,
Oh how we endeavoured to understand it.
Was your shine divine and godly?
Were you a star that twinkled oddly?
Why did Mars sometimes reverse its direction?
What happened to celestial perfection?

Twinkle twinkle big round Sun,
How a total solar eclipse would stun.
What did this baffling occurrence portend?
Was the world soon about to end?
Was the Sun being eaten by a beast?
Did it represent a warning, at least?

We now know stars
Are all suns much like ours,
And a planet is a sphere
Like this Earth we’ve got here,
And total eclipses
Happen when ellipses
Lunar and solar
Fleetingly cross over.
As for the strange path of Mars, it’s explained by the fact that the Earth’s not the centre of our Solar System.
Those old superstitions have been superseded as peer reviewed science has lately replaced received wisdom.
But so many questions remain.
There is still so much left to explain.

Twinkle twinkle distant sun,
By alien lifeforms are you overrun?
Why is space missing so much of its matter, and
What explains the mountain chains on the moons of Saturn?
At the end, will it just disappear?
Why is the Universe here?
Twinkle twinkle distant glow
The simple fact is that we do not know.

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from Ensonglopedia of the Human, released July 18, 2021

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