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An Insect Imagines...

By G man767

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Flight approaching, soon to land. A vast carpet of city lights and cars like ants on arteries meet my eyes. I am a tiny speck of an insect returning home from business to one of many hundreds of urban suburban hives. Seeing from above lets my imagination realize how vast things are... how small I am. Me, one amongst an explosive species of 5 billion+; Me, composed of billions of single cells; Me, belonging to but one species amid so many others whose numbers can only be guessed. Me, on what seems a huge planet, yet is but one of many others orbiting but one of countless stars whose light is the basis for food that makes all life possible. One tiny solar system... in one 'Milky Way' galaxy, that's one of countless other galaxies. All composed of molecules consisting of atoms... Do I have permission, now, to have a headache?:) --Uncle Greg (http://www.unclegreg.com) Written April 20th, 2002 © on Apr 19 2002 08:18 PM PST    0 • 12

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