universal acumen, RE: wisdom #5 (Of shipwrecks & atoms)

Shipwrecks they will find
all in good time,
we bicker over things
that are petty.
The scientists debate
on atoms in states,
and we bump heads
on issues so silly.

Doctors request
samples and tests,
we long for things
we don't need,
and in the end
we still have to contend 
with a universe
much greater than we.
(From the Herds of Words anthology)