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If half the spinning galaxies of the universe have sun stars with planets

and

if only half of those planets host intelligent life

and

if half of those populations resemble humans on Earth

and

if half of those peoples take their lands and seas and skies into ruin,

the Great Mother of Creation must have known this would happen.

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Will this omniscient Creator gather up all the sorry star-souls remaining

on planet Earth

and

lovingly place them somewhere new in the vast universe?

Will the Great Mother of Creation give them a fresh, clean planet,

green and blue and flourishing, saying,

“See if you can do better this time”?