6,587,288,673 and counting

There is a sign
On a door in Baghdad
"The Doctor’s Not In"
And never will be again

A whale, in its death throes,
Beckons people to see
And having been seen,
Dies

A mother missing her son
And, lifting his shirt to her face,
Cries

A love lost its way,
A lover shocked blind
Today

The stars our destination,
To new horizons, anywhere
But here