When I was a kid I  used lay in bed at night and wonder what happened just one minute before the Universe began.

Was it dead before it came to life and if it was dead, was it full of ghosts?

I used to wish I could have been there in that minute because I was sure there were ghosts- that the universe was just chock full of them until the big bang cleared them away like dry leaves in a wind storm.

Of course being curious about that minute before the Universe began, I also wondered what the Earth would look like one minute after it died and HOW it would die.

What the Earth get gobbled up by the Sun in one big bite? Would it be death by asteroid? Would the Moon crash into us for no reason at all? In that minute after Earth meets the Grim Reaper, would a billion upon billions ghosts from every living thing on Earth rise up and fly out into space and would they be telling themselves not to look back-

What would they see if they did?

I’d look back, I wouldn’t be able to help myself.

I wasn’t there when the Universe began and I doubt I will be here when the Earth and the Universe dies.

I’m sorry I missed  the very beginning, and that I might miss the end and I’m sorry about that beccause I think it was a hell of a show.