"How beautiful our blue-marbled planet from afar,
and so serene, so steady as she goes,
escape-velocity nicely tailored to permit
philately, football and sales of work.
...
If all this did begin how might it go on?
What understanding, as differently abled
as a cat or whale, might yet recognise
a willing purpose and a gracious end?"
from 'If All This Did Begin', by Jeffrey Wright