the new science

time shifts
it's hard to believe
continents drift
is this
where we're going?

are the Florida keys
really to be
consumed by snow,
Haiti, by gold?

the world moves
into the end of the
beginning;
what we once knew for certain
we can no longer accept;
the new science
is hard to believe --
can it really add up
to happiness?

the material world
an illusion
human life
obsolete

we live now
in love alone
and everyone is equally wealthy
with absolutely nothing