100 Years Beyond

100 Years Beyond David J Walker And after all The mirror did not reflect any of the rain From last Fall Dryness is the grand prize won at contests of skill At county fairs Young girls always find ways to be perfect at something but Boys don’t seem to care Today we have scheduled a tour of an antique shop On the older end of 34th street Sanitation engineers supply the wares A friend of a friend knows someone who remembers when It was a dirt road Many of the names on the sidewalk shingles are Familiar and are the same printed in the phone book On the nicer side of town 100 years ago turns out to be closer than I thought Which means 100 years from now is almost here