Dingo the Dissident

THE BLOG OF DISQUIET : Qweir Notions, an uncommonplace-book from the Armpit of Diogenes, binge-thinker jottings since 2008 .

Friday 9 January 2015

We antinatalists

should cheer ourselves up
by reminding ourselves every morning
that there are more bacteria in a teaspoonful of soil
- and more bacteria on and in each one of us
than there are humans upon the planet.

2 comments:

Karl said...

Indeed, it is pleasant to know that bacteria don't generally go around murdering each other due to their metaphysical beliefs or exploit each other economically.

Anonymous said...

Actually, I've always likened yeast in a vat of wine to humanity. The yeast consume their resources (sugar) and excrete toxic waste (alcohol) until the waste kills them all. That's fermentation for you, and life on earth, in a nutshell (or bottle).

Brian L.