The Overview Effect, first described by author Frank White in 1987, is an experience that transforms astronauts’ perspective of the planet and mankind’s place upon it. Common features of the experience are a feeling of awe for the planet, a profound understanding of the interconnection of all life, and a renewed sense of responsibility for taking care of the environment.
WRECK’D US OUR COUNTRIE’S AMOK
TORN THRU
WITHBIRDS THEE SKY’S A BRUIS’D UNRECKONING
THEE SHORE’S BLED DRY BUT TEPID WATERS
to bury the lead in trebl’d bliss, thatch the following-
BUCKET-WIRE
DUNG
GOD’S PEE
(decant-incant-recant)
OUR CITIES’ GRACE AND PAIN
A STINKIN’ WIND-A PLAGUE OF POLICEMEN
THEE ONLOOKERS STARE.
‘ALLELUJAH! DON’T BEND! ASCEND!’