Monday, November 5, 2018

Hubris




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Hubris

“We can never be gods, after all--but we can 
become less than human with frightening ease.”
--N.K. Jemisin.

From Sputnik                 to the Space Station,
               for over sixty years
we’ve been putting junk
               in outer space.

Some floats
back to earth.
Some floats
out into nebulas 
unknown.

Angels flap angry wings,
and gods wink,
then winch
at man’s
arrogance.

Should we pay attention?



Glenn Buttkus

Posted over at dVerse poets Pub

23 comments:

brudberg said...

Indeed... I don't know... for sure we don't need war in space which seems to be the current trend.

De Jackson said...

Oh, I can see those angels flapping angry wings. So descriptive!

tonispencer said...

Humans and their junk - every where. I am surprised the angels don't weep instead of wink. I posted a pic on FB of a junked up, trashed beach. It was cleaned and kept clean. A year later, thousands of sea turtles hatched and swam to the sea. I wish we could be wiser.

Kim M. Russell said...

I'm not surprised angels are flapping angry wings' at space junk. I don't know why gods wink at man's arrogance - I'm wincing, Glenn! Toni is right about humans leaving junk everywhere - I despair.

Frank Hubeny said...

Good point: "for over sixty years
we’ve been putting junk
in outer space."
The illustration amazed me about our dreams of science 80 years ago.

Sanaa Rizvi said...

Indeed! And at this rate will our coming generations learn from our mistakes?

Misky said...

We are a polluting species, for sure.

Unknown said...

Gods wince - I am sure they do. Yes, we should be concerned.

Arcadia Maria said...

A thought provoking piece as always. Thanks for sharing.

qbit said...

“Angels flap angry wings,” - fantastic.

Grace said...

We should be paying attention. The junk and trash that give out is just overwhelming the planet and space.

Frank J. Tassone said...

Space pollution. Just what the universe needs! Cool write, Glenn!

Pat R said...

Seems we leave a trail wherever we go and not always in a good way. A good one Glenn.

lynn__ said...

Junk in space, garbage in the oceans, and we live a few miles from a landfill...what messes we make!

Gina said...

humans leave such a mess behind - i hope the gods did not get hit in the eye, and had to wink the trash out

Jane Dougherty said...

I should think the gods are yawning by now.

Cedarwind said...

Good one :) Janice

lillianthehomepoet.wordpress.com said...

LOVE this one! Angels have every right to flap their wings in anger at humanity's gall to litter even the solar system! Great take on the prompt!

Merril Smith said...

So true. So much junk on the planet and in space now. Wonderful response to the prompt.

Vivian Zems said...

We’re a messy lot.....junk everywhere!😳

Mish said...

It seems there is no place that is safe from our recklessness.

purplepeninportland.com said...

Great response, Glenn. We just can’t seem to keep our hand off anything.

robkistner said...

Hi Glenn! I enjoyed reading your poem here. Well written, and engaging... yes, we weren't satisfied just littering our earth... ;-(

...rob from Image & Verse

My “wink”