It is safe to assume it:
We will consume it.
The moon, the sea, the mountain. "Too soon,"
We'll cry, and sing a mournful tune,
And hold an observance, and soon resume.
Be good to each other in the time remaining.

It will do you no good to lament it.
In the time you strive to prevent it,
Disrupt, resent and reinvent it,
A new need emerges and brooks no dissent.
Be good to each other in the time remaining.

That's a bit dire. That's a bit strong.
The time remaining may be very long
As reckoned by Romans or roaches or cats.
We are clever creatures. As clever as rats.
But there are no guarantees, for all of that.
Be good to each other in the time remaining.

Eventually the stars will go.
The planets and the asteroids. Slow
Streamers of the solar wind blow
Outwards, carrying uranium
And other heavy elements to tantalize the cranium
Of our successors. Need I explain?
Be good to each other in the time remaining.

Don't cry for the sun, little one.
You will long since be cold and done,
Along with the idea of the idea of remorse.
And even irony will run its course.
Be good to each other in the time remaining.
Be good to each other in the time remaining.
Be good to each other in the time remaining.

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9/29 '14 5 Comments
I like this. Happy you-day.
I need to reply again to really drive home how much I really love this.
Really.
Really really.

Mind if I x-post it elsewhere, with proper attribution of course?
I am deeply moved by this. Thank you, sir.
Happy Birthday-- I'm happy to share a planet with you.
Goddamn!

As has been said before: "The future is uncertain, and the end is always near!"

What gives me hope is that the stuff Twain was writing about a century ago adequately explains (or uncannily describes) American culture and actions today: little has changed, yet we survive.