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In eternity

There’s no time

Nothing can grow

Nothing can become

Nothing changes

We are the creatures

Who should not exist

By natural law

Death created

Time to grow

All the things

It would kill

A tragic misstep

In evolution

We became

Too self-aware

Nature created

An aspect of

Nature separate

From itself

Death created

Time to grow

All the things

It would kill

One last midnight

Brothers and sisters

Opting out

Of a raw deal