What Next?
When mankind makes its toodle-oo,
thus closing down this human zoo,
I’m sure that there will be a sequel
that is more than mankind’s equal,
for in evolution’s quest,
nature goes from least to best.
Each form of life has not receded
from what form of life preceded.
When some great calculator reacts
to what’s been lost through human acts,
what difference will it make for gain
that will surpass the human brain?
And . . .
will music, poetry and art
vanish in that great restart?
The prompt words for today are quest, equal, toodle-oo, react,precede and calculator.
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
That time will come one day!
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Great post
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There won’t be time for another re-start, not on this world anyway. Great poem, Judy.
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Thanks, Tracy.
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They best not vanish. Mankind would be lost.
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Wouldn’t it be interesting to stick around and see what happens next!
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I don’t thing our version of humanity will get a second go round, but something will take our place.
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I think you are right.. No evidence of second chances in evolution..On to the next thing..
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Back to giant lizards? Maybe the dogs and cats will take over. All they need are thumbs.
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Except, if mankind were obliterated, I have read that without them to maintain them, the nuclear cones would start to melt and one by one, they woould explode, wiping out all life on Earth. We’ve done the planet in in terms of its natural order.
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Well, earth survived being hit by one — now they think possibly two — giant meteors and it almost wiped out every form of life. But from little thing, grew the world we have now. There was an almost thousand year break, but earth has its own agenda. We might now survive, but until our sun becomes a supernova, Earth will endure and somehow, there will be life. It might not be life we recognize in any way, but there will be life. I’m not sure how comforting I find that.
Aren’t you glad you’re not young and trying to make sense of the world? It’s hard enough after surviving so many years, but I can’t imagine being 16 and looking at this and thinking “What IS this mess and how come I’m here?”
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Yes…I agree. Glad I lived during the period I’ve lived in.
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Yes. It would have been really uncomfortable had you spent your life yearning for the Precambrian.
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Ha.. you never would have heard about it, though.
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You mean … there was no TWITTER? Oh NO!
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Waxing philosophical, are we?
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Usually… haven’t you noticed? ;o)
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