l’avenir

What happens next?

We do not know.

Could be fast, could be slow.

Rising tides & raging rivers,

Breaking glass & airborne slivers.

Will it show-up

Sight-unseen?

Sugar-free, without caffeine?

Tasting like a fizzy juice,

Chicken wings or chocolate mousse?

Future kids

Will have it all:

Neon brains & glitzy malls.

Teach them how to Kick the Can,

Play jump rope, be Peter Pan.

Marco Polo.

Hide & Seek.

Climb up poles, jump in creeks.

Crack the Whip, Blind Man’s Bluff,

Building forts, breakin’ stuff.

What happens next?

We do not know.

Could be fast, could be slow.

Yet we brag we know at all,

As we drink our alcohol.

Jack be nimble,

Jack be quick.

Give your mouse another click.

Go out into hyper-space.

Disappear with out a trace.