Another century may see
our range of species cut in half.
Fertility be thanked, the mass of humankind can only peak.
The fossil fuels consumed by all will melt the poles in fewer years.
Atomic fuels have waste we coffin up and hope that it won’t leak.
Should any resource grow too short, then plot the outcome on a graph:
The club of nations with the Bomb gets bigger even as I speak.
Please fiddle louder, if you will—the nearing flames distress our ears.
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Please Fiddle Louder by Robert
Laughlin
originally published
in the Spring 2012 print edition
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Robert Laughlin lives in Chico, California. Two of his
SF stories are Million Writers Award Notable Stories, and his SF novel, Vow
of Silence, was favorably reviewed by Publishers Weekly.
Visit Robert online at www.pw.org/content/robert_laughlin.
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