we used to know...

we used to know so many things, he says.
yes, she says, but what they were we cannot remember.
it's not important, he says.

the revolution is on, she says.
it's the end of the world, he says.
yes, she says, that too.

so, he says, what next?
i'm not entirely sure, she says.
the birth of a new species? he says.
perhaps, she says. the revolution of evolution.

but we were trying to explain everything, he says.
yes, she says, we were.
so, he says, what can explain everything?
it's irrelevant, she says. don't you know that?

(to be continued...)