Earth is So Played

I am so done with Earth. 

If another planet that could support human life 

were discovered 

I would go in a heartbeat, 

although I do hate long flights. 

But maybe by the time it is discovered, interplanetary travel will happen 
in the blink of an eye. 

Of course I will likely be dead by then so it's stupid to count on. 

Anyway, I could just bring a lot of sedatives 

and a stack of old crossword puzzles 

from the New York Times.

If there still is a New York Times by then. 

I would miss some things about Earth, certainly, 

but if the new place 

had its own strange things to interest me 

I'd be fine. 

Still, some things we have here are hard to top, like:

trees, flowers, clouds

the ocean

vegetables and coffee.

I would happily leave behind all of these:

cats lying dead on the side of the road,

dogs in parked cars in summer,

restaurants,

thunderstorms,

insects,

racism,

prescription drugs,

advertising,

doctors,

lawyers,

All-You-Can-Eat salad bars,

trashy bestsellers

and cell phones.