This is not the future I envisioned
There are no space pirates.

This is not the future I envisioned.
There are no aliens, friendly or foe.
There are no hovercraft or speeders to ride.
There are no blasters to dodge or ships to fly.

This is not the future I envisioned.
There is no world peace.
There is no end to the resource problem.
There is no instant transportation and there are no holodecks.

This is not the future I envisioned.
There are no robots at all desks
Servants and companions in a gleaming but otherwise normal world
Never breaking any Laws.

This is not the future I envisioned.
No mindless haze while plugged in to the nets.
No dusky underworld where real life happens.
(Though truth be told I would be the former, not the latter.)

This is not the future I envisioned.
No armageddon, fallout, epidemic.
No hunger games or zombies or international fleet.
No genetic screening, no time machine.
And no lens flare.

This…is…not…the future I envisioned.
Governments watching every move, by machines of not-so-loving grace.
Population control and capsule living spaces
Rewriting the genetic code
Cyber-warfare under heavy load
Networks connecting the entire world.
Artificial heart, cyborg limbs
Radios that talk to satellites
Self-driving cars
Videophones
Reanimated concerts in 3D
Communication over fiber
Wireless over wire

I don’t have to envision it.
It’s here.

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Part of Poem-a-Day 2013. Title donated by Shana H.

This entry was posted on September 27, 2013 and is filed under Creativity. Tags: Poetry, Science, Poem-a-day 2013