"Buy bird seed" were the dying man's last words. Life's about living in the now with a nod to our survivors. There's no way to think our way around our endings. We go bravely on until the rug's pulled out. But not to worry. Our real achievement, our story's closure, is in the next generation. Life was never about me, nor was it for any any creature that ever lived. A discussion rich with learned references, strictly mainstream, from science and literature, famous paintings, and photographs by the author.