Abuse and self-gratification rule supreme
in this cave network that accommodates
provisional and permanent inhabitants.
For some, the hole suggests cozy housing,
a harbor for hibernation, yet they proceed
outside for purposes of foraging for food.
Bears, beetles and bats ballet underground.
Why do they misuse the cave ecosystem?
They pollute, but do you implicate them?
These residents seem to lack self-restraint
or temperance. They know not gravity.
They are just drunk with dues and desires.
They exhibit a high level of incontinence
as far as their depraved actions or desires
are concerned. A heartless drainage of yields
that leaves the cavern shattered and shadowy
—
In science there is a drop, in ignorance a sea.