{"id":54599,"date":"2019-06-22T23:12:25","date_gmt":"2019-06-23T03:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=54599"},"modified":"2019-06-22T23:15:03","modified_gmt":"2019-06-23T03:15:03","slug":"before","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/before\/","title":{"rendered":"Before"},"content":{"rendered":"

We call this meeting to order, the council of the stars.<\/p>\n

Leave your galaxies behind, we have a serious matter to discuss.<\/p>\n

A proposal, a new planet,\u00a0Earth.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

“What will they give us, what’ll be its purpose?”<\/p>\n

A warning.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

There will be war, famine, global warming.<\/p>\n

Smaller injustices, rape, pillaging, genocide, murder, robbery.<\/p>\n

They will be our test.<\/p>\n

“A test for what?”<\/p>\n

To see how long they last before they eventually become their own undoing.<\/p>\n

“But sir, isn’t that cruel? What did they do to us?”<\/p>\n

They’ve done nothing, they’re not real. I want to send a message for the rest of the universe, that in order to survive, one must not be like\u00a0them.<\/em><\/p>\n

“I see.”<\/p>\n

“How long will this test run?”<\/p>\n

7.79 billion years, unless they prove me wrong.<\/p>\n

If they somehow work together, admit their wrongdoings, they can stay.<\/p>\n

“Is it likely?”<\/p>\n

No.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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