Have Hand Cart, Will Travel

If the doomsayers are right
and The Earth is the hand cart
in which we are all going to Hell,
sending the animals there first,
then maybe we can do nothing
to put the brakes on
particularly when we see it as 'Progress'.

But whilst there are breaks
by which to slow down our departure
then I still have some trust
that they will keep alive for longer
what humans accept that they rely upon.