8 Minutes Ago
eight minutes ago
the sun was still shining
that’s all I can tell you
if it were suddenly to die
we’d all go blissfully on
long enough to play
“You Learn” by Alanis Morissette
twice
which is ironic
92 million miles
at 186,000 miles a second
you can check my math
Alanis would be singing
“you live, you learn” one last time
then click – lights out
seven days later
we’d all be freezing
in a year it would be -100°F
under their frozen surfaces
the oceans would stay liquid
for hundreds of thousands of years
most plants would die
in a few weeks
some tress could make it decades
the $64,000 question,
to quote Pink:
“what about us?”
we could live in submarines
in the very deep oceans
which doesn’t sound great
the better choice:
geothermal or volcanic heat
could keep us going for years
prepare yourself now, is my advice
take a page from Blofeld’s book
get yourself a volcano lair
you don’t want to be
the only person without one
when Alanis stops singing
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18 September 2025
Charlottesville VA
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