Kepler

Johannes Kepler

There are billions of galaxies. The Milky Way is only one, though a Kepler planet, an inhabitant, is still going to be 1200 light years from earth. In addition the cosmos is filled with a dark energy that's causing objects to drift ever further from each other. Space is getting darker, with celestial objects becoming ever more evanescent. No wonder humans constantly and futilely need to assert their self-importance. However delusory, it provides an anodyne. So, much maligned ego does have a function--as a momentary respite from cosmic indifference. 

read "En Plein Air" by Francis Levy, The East Hampton Star