Today 80

Today

I'll carve another

Step in the

The staircase to

Nowhere

According to somebody

If everyone on earth (+ or - 7 billion)

Where required to name all the

Stars in the known universe

We would have to come up with

Over 1 trillion names each

How tiny and short term

My little plans and projects

In one short century

Virtually all humans alive will

Will be dead forever

So I will celebrate this instant

With gratitude for what has been

And for the possibilities of what can be

So says 

Me and my big gray cat

In the firelight of this

Predawn darkness

Today

I'll carve another

Step in the

The staircase to

Nowhere

Dec 19 16                       day 28,171