THE POMPOUS PEOPLE TELL ME THEM OLD POMPOUS PITIFUL PEOPLE WE WERE FORCED TO SCREAM FROM THE TRAIN TRACKS THE TRAIN TRACKS THE TRAIN TRACKS I WOULD TIE YOU TO THAT THERE IS A TENDENCY TOWARD A STASTISTICAL (THIS WAS WHY I STARTED MY PHYSICS BLOG) STATE OF EQUILIBRIUM AS INHERENTLY UNSTABLE AT THE QUANTUM LEVEL WILL ALWAYS UNWIND, COOL DOWN, AND FALL INTO RUINS. IN 50,000 YEARS PLASTICS WILL DEGRADE AND TURN BACK INTO OIL AND BECOME ABSORBED INTO THE EARTH AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN AND ISN’T TIME THE WHOLE POINT TO THE WHOLE THING THAT SEEMS TO HAVE INVENTED ART AND POETRY AND TO ENCAPSULATE THEM IN THE UNIVERSE WE INHABIT WITH SOME SMALL BITS OF THE SUBLIME AND THE HUBRIS TO THINK WE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE SUBLIME OR THE TRANSCENDENTAL AND WHAT IS TIME BUT A MENTAL CONSTRUCT WE ASSUME MIGHT BE ONE VERSION OF REALITY WHATEVER REALITY IS LIKE SOME LOST DESERT SPECTOR OF A DRAGON WHO IS SURROUNDED BY SEAS IN SEAS OF THE YET TO BE EXPLAINED BY A UNIVERSE WHOSE FOUNDATION IS ROCKED BY THE ADDAGE: NEVER EXPLAIN THE POMPOUS PEOPLE SAY SO.