Keep On Trucking

We are the hollow men
We are the stuffed men
Leaning together
Headpiece filled with straw. Alas!
Our dried voices, when
We whisper together
Are quiet and meaningless
As wind in dry grass
Or rats' feet over broken glass
In our dry cellar

T. S. Eliot wrote the Hollow Men after the "War to End All Wars".

To me, this poem is the defining statement for all times on the cost of war on the human soul.

Yet today we see ourselves as a nation engaged an never ending war.

I have become more certain that the destiny of human civilization is entering its final phase.

I am becoming more convinced as the days and years pass that not only civilization will perish but the species itself will perish.

The cause will be fourfold; war, innate human greed and ignorance and our inability to control ourselves.

Our wonderful and beautiful intelligence has provided us with this ability.

The ability to destroy ourselves has advanced along two fronts; industry and war.

Unrestrained, both will join hands to achieve this state of being.

This magnificent Earth will continue without us and a large number of other living species we will take with us to our certain fate.

As George Carlin said so wisely before his death, the Earth will be just fine without us, we are, after all, just dust on its surface.

What is a reasonable and responsible person in the face on this dire fate? My advice is to "keep on trucking".

Do what is right and attempt to convince others to do the same.

After all what do we have to lose?

© D. Evans 2009