Sun beams long and gloriously down on the crust of this rocky, watery little planet
Rich in strange metals and obscure elements needed for metabolism
Burgeoning green life here spills from every crack
So you sip on a beer which sweats in the summer air
While the podcast chatters about cyanobacteria doubling in twelve hours
Duckweed spreading rapidly across a lake
And fruit flies multiplying a hundredfold in weeks
Proof of concept that a little computational nervous system can proliferate rapidly
Evidence a fleet of nanomachines can replicate themselves given the right information
A lesson in our technologies
Strange times call for our keenest minds
What does the riot of the future have in store for us?