Future-Past

Writing not for current ears,
writing for a thousand years

Writing not for time undone,
writing for the zero-sum

Writing not for love or hate,
writing not to legislate

Writing neither first nor last,
writing for the future-past

(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2020)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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Gauthier Avatar
January 11, 2020 at 9:04 PM
Love it, Kurt.
Behm Avatar
January 12, 2020 at 8:50 AM
Honored!
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