Permafrosts

Stupid reasons lead to stupid errors
And stupid errors lead to stupid ends.
The night is full of everlasting terrors
But they don't come just when the night descends.
The world is always full of human thought
And all the evil that that thought can breed;
And even when mankind has run to naught,
Obliterated, leaving no new seed,
Still somewhere minds will be as dumb as ours
And hearts as capable of doing ill;
Some new intelligence will claim our powers
And with them our projection of our will
Into the world. What's stupid will still be
Beyond the bounds of mere humanity.