Comment by 0d9eooo

This poem often reminds me of geological timescale, which occurs over millions of years or more. For example, the Carnian Pluvial Event was a relatively humid rainy era that lasted for millions of years, beyond most of our comprehension in practical terms (https://laughingsquid.com/why-it-rained-for-two-million-year...), even though it's a relatively discrete period of time in the grand scheme of Earth. Even the Permian extinction, the largest extinction event in the history of known life, unfolded for over 60000 years. That is a flicker on geological timescales, but supercedes by a wide margin the period of recorded human history.