Ode To Humanity
by LMOE
The year is unknown. Last Man on Earth is the final surviving human being on his planet.
Without fully understanding the reasons for his solitude, Last Man On Earth has learnt some of his people’s history from the leftovers of a civilisation.
The Skydome looms overhead, broken picture frames, old vehicles, lone walls, streetlights and fences litter the now abandoned cities which make up the larger part of our once prosperous planet. These cities are now deserts.
Last Man on Earth knows he must leave this planet if he is ever to find a companion, but before he departs he decides to embark on one final mission.
This mission involves the use of LMOE's greatest possession's. An old computer which he has worked on and salvaged from scrap equipment, and a mass of tattered Casio, Korg and Nord Synthesizers.
Feeling that it is his duty to leave something behind, LMOE decides to create an album informing any visitors of humanities greatness.
The album will outline humanities greatest technological achievements, highlighting what it is to be human with pieces on love, the cosmos and LMOE’s explorations.
SkyDome 2000
As Earths Ozone layer dwindled, radiation from space caused a mass of cancerous disease and drought. Crops could not grow, and the human population was overcome with a sense of desperation.
The SkyDome promised an end to humanities anguish, covering the earth with a radiation proof dome which blocked the suns light and replaced it using controllable UV spotlights.
After its completion in 2000, crops began to grow, humans no longer had to wear space suits and a new found faith in humanity was restored.
Farewell Helios
The sky begins to blacken, and Last Man On Earth records his farewell to his mother star.
After all of humanities optimism, within two centuries humans were no longer able to uphold the preservation and repair of the SkyDome. As the dome began to malfunction, periods of darkness began to plague the Earth. The SkyDomes shield covered the sun, but the UV lights did not turn on.
To make matters worse, various cyber attacks and program defects caused the dome to cover the sky over random periods of time. Sometimes the dome plunged the planet into darkness for weeks, other times humanity waited years for light to reappear.
At the present time, Last Man On Earth sits at a lone desk in the desert, watching the looming shadow of the SkyDome coming closer over the sand dunes. The SkyDome has turned on and Last Man On Earth records his goodbye to the Sun for the foreseeable future.
Leonids
Last Man On Earth perches on a nearby hill, observing the Leonid meteor shower.
Hailed in the history books as Earth’s brightest meteorological event, the Leonid’s glow brighter than historically documented due to the lack of pollution in the o-zone. Regrettably Last Man On Earth has no partner, comrade or relative to share this remarkable occurrence with. Instead he communicates the spectacular beauty of the Leonid meteor shower through his music.
Occurring in its entirety once every 30 or so years, Last Man On Earth feels that the Leonid shower is one of Earths most significant wonders and is therefore imperative to his ‘Ode To Humanity’.
Single Celled Microorganisms
"They will will marvel at how vulnerable the repository of all our potential once was. How perilous our infancy, how humble our beginnings."
Last Man on Earth reflects on a poster quote he found while exploring one of the larger derelict cities towards Earths upper hemisphere. The poster has no author name or date, but LMOE understands its significance.
Despite the fall of our species, Earths timeline of life is beautiful and artistic. The continuation from single-celled microorganisms to human consciousness and understanding is mind bogglingly complex, but seemed to work its self out in an almost carefree manner. Last Man On Earth reflects on this in 'Single-Celled Microorganisms'.