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Beyond Actuarial Eschatology out of time (in a good way) As I explore time as I dig and delve In eschatology of humankind Twenty-One December of Twenty-Twelve The Mayan end of days comes to my mind Perhaps I might have had enough by then Of numbering days and be ready when Time drops off sharply and ceases to be Perhaps that might be time enough for me Yet I remember Nineteen Eighty-Four As not so futuristic anymore Although its politics have come to pass Government probing us all up the ass I suppose I will still be here to see The future in hindsight Twenty-Twenty And should that be all that would be plenty Although no one knows the day nor the hour When the stock exchange rings the final bell Each of us right now holds time in our power: To live our days kindly wisely and well To make life more like heaven less like hell +Steven Curtis Lance Copyright MMVI