I certainly think that we are simply passing through, like dinosaurs. Unfortunately our legacy will be felt for hundreds of thousands of years, but a mere blink in geological time. I once wrote a haiku called Ants and from memory it went:
When we are long gone
You shall inherit the earth
Take good care of it.
Longing For Water 
Great imagery. I rather like natural reclamation.
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Do you ever wonder if we humans are just another virus that infests our planet but will just be more fossils in a 100 million years?
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I certainly think that we are simply passing through, like dinosaurs. Unfortunately our legacy will be felt for hundreds of thousands of years, but a mere blink in geological time. I once wrote a haiku called Ants and from memory it went:
When we are long gone
You shall inherit the earth
Take good care of it.
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Nice haiku. I wonder if some ants are also accursed with a conscience,
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I hope for their sake they are not, although their ‘collective conscience’ might be superior to ours.
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