File created: 2026-05-07
The Book of Stardust
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The one true religion is cosmic horror.
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[JUST EARTH]
We used to imagine the Earth as the centre of the universe.
We centred ourselves, supposing we were important.
All of the planets and stars danced around us like moons.
But we are not the centre.
[EARTH AND SUN]
We are the third planet from the Sun,
which is only one star
[EARTH SUN GALAXY]
in one galaxy
[EARTH SUN GALAXY GALAXIES]
in one cluster of galaxies
[FULL PRINT]
within our cosmic horizon.
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A black hole the size of a teaspoon
could be enough to disrupt our lives
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in one town
in one country
in one continent
on one planet
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in one solar system
in one galaxy
in one cluster of galaxies
within our cosmic horizon.
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How different is any person,
or town
or country
or continent
when it all exists on the same rock?
How much lazier or more productive
are any of us when we all move
at world-spinning speeds in the
same direction?
In 100,000 years, our shared sky will
not look remotely the same.
Each moment is in a new place.
Neither we, nor our problems are stationary.
And this will be so until our sun expands,
Our earth is cooked,
Our lives devoured.
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No towns.
No countries.
No continents.
No planets.
No moon.
No star.
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Only stardust.
We are stardust, and unto stardust we will return.
All I have written is stardust,
And unto stardust it will return.
The only language,
Religion,
Creed,
Fate,
We are stardust, and unto stardust we will return.
Be what thou art.
It is the only law.