Tuesday, July 13, 2021

The vortex of death has swallowed 109 billion and counting

 

https://www.prb.org/articles/how-many-people-have-ever-lived-on-earth/















The gath'ring number, as it moves along,
Involves a vast involuntary throng;
Who gently drawn, and struggling less and less,
Roll in her vortex, and her power confess.
 
-- Alexander Pope