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Premium Member Manifest Destiny Earth First!

Something’s missing in my lifetime. 

I’m a big believer in Space Exploration 
Especially when everyone is on board 
But before we start, Manifest Destiny Mars 
I’m thinking, as a US born citizen, 
Now, the year of 2025, that it is about time 
To think a little bolder and closer to home 
Earth first! 

It’s been a while since a star 
Has been added to the American Flag
None so far in my lifetime 
It’s time a Referendum be made 
Signed into action by an incoming President 
Inviting any nation (especially Democratic) 
To JOIN the United States! 
Welcoming them to becoming the next state of the Union
The next star! 
With all the rights and freedoms of the US Constitution
With all the privileges of being a US citizen 

Expand our arms around the globe! 
MEGA  MEGA  Make Earth Great Again! 
All US territories, now states.  More stars! 
Become a state and no more tariffs! More stars! 
Become a state and join the most powerful 
Growing technologically advanced country in the world 
More stars! 
Was once an enemy but now a friend, JOIN us and be a star!
I see more and more stars in the near future. 
I see hundreds in the distance. 
A thousand points of Light. 

Hug the globe like a child, Citizen
Set the world free, it’s in our nature. Our destiny 
Perhaps just call it fate, or our highest Calling 
To always come to the rescue 
When disaster strikes 
Earthling lives matter! 
Free all the people everywhere! 
Stars are circling my head
I'm getting dizzy with hope
Feeding the hungry and housing the poor is much easier  
When statehood is accomplished. Another star. 
And when a nation is freed from tyranny 
And US soldiers die and bleed for stars ...
More Red and White stripes are added then too
Perhaps there will be reasons for Rainbow stripes too
 
Manifest Destiny Earth! First!
    MEGA     MEGA 
And maybe one day, we'll all say, in one mighty voice,

                     “God Bless the United States of Aerth!” 


*Aerth is the original spelling for Earth allowing sentimentalist to hold onto our Good Ol' USA traditional initials.

A Box Factory

A BOX FACTORY

During the time of enslavement,
Many stories were told.
Life as a Mississippian was not uncovered.
In Black History, no one knows the tale
Of Wolfe’s Plantation there in the hills.
Life is a plentiful.
They farm cotton and planted corn.
They raise pigs, chickens, and hogs.
They fish as a pastime.
They embraced their struggles and strife.
Down the road a bit is a colored man’s home.
He’s jubilant in his daily chores.
He works hard to take care of himself.
He loves his family and provides their financial support.
He is a tenant farmer and a leader for the plantation boss.
Life is a holistic nub.
Jep gives his first and foremost respect to the Lord.
He had taken over the farm for his father.
Wolfe’s Plantation was different from the others.
Imagism veraciously boxed.
Today, technologically constructed for stratagem and discovery.
This box factory is metropolis revamp.
Yesterday can be revived innovatively once again.
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Penned February 05, 2015!

Premium Member Technologically Challenged

what is a server
i use white-out on the screen
with ev'ry typo


Designing the Future

They do not give a flying carpet
about the doctrines and laws they have heard
and unlearned from sages and prophets;
the future, they believe, is in a test-tube,
carrying Man's seeds for survival.
The society has become so technologically
advanced, that mothers want their babies
to grow up with a look they prefer;
they also want disease-free babies.
Scientists work around the clock like ants
in white coats,
as they come up with the society's needs,
after months of sleep deprivation
and nature upgrading.
Man believes he has created a future of his choice,
cloning humans who don't kill, don't steal,
don't scam, don't get sick......
Man has created a new human race of the Golden Age,
whose future generations will forget they were clones of purity
and perfection, returning back to state of Old Humanity.....

Just Sittin' and Listen'N

The air is full of something that I've long forgot.
Technologically everything seems to have changed.
But with the new found evolutionary beginings.
My soul is flying on clearer dreams of yesterday.

Twenty sense for every song in my new catalog.
An afternoon turns into night while I drift with the sound.
I breath in all the memory's that I once knew.
As my heart falls in love all over again.

The silouettes upon the screen, reminders of the past.
Fading in and out with memories they cast. Ooop's. :)
Supertramp is having such a way with my soul.
The ebb and flow of emotions is the sweetest ride.

When the final day decide's to come.
And fade out the last remaining song.
There'll be no need for me to cry.
For I have heard heaven calling all along.

A Lightening Bolt

A bolt-on accessory capable of being
Bolted to truck without crumbling
One like a thunder bolt rumbling
On a hundred distant track

This thunder bolt is a super machine of sorts
Perfected into a system of receptacle ports
Bolt is an example of that perfection

Bolt has legs rather than tyre pegs
A perfectly sculpted knees rather than alloy wheels
Boltedly stable, dependable, reliable, efficient and magnificent
Technologically cutting-edge and blisteringly fast
Reminding all a 9.68 times past

A Ferrari ready to stand against the all deadly-bolted thunder
Mind you, humble not the thunder whose bolt you hear rumble
A gun boomed and rumbled all around
A swift bolt rumbles out of the blue
Vroom vrooom vroooom vrooooom……. A thunder bolt machine

Speed is his thrill
A lightning bolt more than a Ferrari?
Mind boggling, intriguing, captivating
Mr. Thunder Bolt you left a trail of devastation
What is your destination?
"An Olympic vacation sir, a trip from Kingston to London to blaze a new world record"
Well-done Mr. Thunder Bolt! See you again in Rio de Janeiro


Premium Member Surfing the Web

I, the technologically challenged one,
am surfing the web even as we speak.
I thought computers would be one and done,
but now I find that we must all speak Greek
and learn the ins and out within a week.

This is nothing new; it's gone on for years.
I learned the basic Word and Excel stuff
once upon a time, but none of it clears
a temp agency, it's just not enough.
So in the end I'm playing blind man's bluff.

What a Waste

We throw away everything
We produce too much
We damage the earth 
We do ourselves a great harm 

A wasteful society we are
We use up and pollute
Sparing no thought for tomorrow

Earth is a bountiful place
It can meet our needs 
If we treat it well
The use but don't reuse mentality
Does everyone no good

The mountains of waste we produce
Are vast enough to have their own post code
An unsightly spectacle
That scars the planets face 

We forget that every supply chain
Has its limit
Our insatiable appetite for the new
The latest gadget
Or a coveted  hyped up upgrade
Far out paces our planets resources
Or our ability to make efficient use
Of these sort after short term objects

Economics rules the day
Ecology takes a back seat 
As we wantonly take from
An overworked mother nature 

The law of Supply and Demand 
States that one day
With galloping use 
The well will run dry
A day that draws ever close

Technologically advanced as we are
We use resources most inefficiently
New is better than recycled
Destruction is cheaper than conservation

Policies abound to offer some reprieve
They are watered down 
And thus offer limited scope for viable change
Our next generation will be  bequeathed
A planet on its knees 

Today's actions have lasting sometime
Irreversible reactions
We may find ourselves truly humbled
When the communal larder is bare 
A Malthusian implosion
But will we even care?

Use up all
That is our mantra
Controlling of nature is man’s silly goal
A Canute he wishes to be

Efficient use of resources is a must
Modern society does think
This is best for primitive man
Whose wants trail behind his needs
Consumption and Wastefulness
Are the useless badges
Of our advanced society

Man’s needs are many
But must be tamed
No need to be a tree hugger to comprehend
The dire straits we are in

Is our end nigh?
Wiped out by flood once we
Will one day go up in flames
Global warming it seems is not
Just a scholarly debate

When will we heed the warning?
When will we use less?
When will we recycle more?
No one knows 

The earth is resilient
I am sure it will definitely bounce back
We all must do our bit
If we wish to continue
To inhabit this place

Gold

In times of trouble it outshines its glow 
The supposed intrinsic value of its allure
Is a safe house in times of economic un-certainty
When money is being made but not through 
Traditional means 

The historian would if consulted dismiss
The hype surrounding this shiny metal 
As nought but a greed reflex based on 
Short-sighted ignorant mania 

Its value is akin to a smoke screen 
Of dazzling lights 
And a house of cards 
That will disintegrate when the fickle mob 
Move to a safer bet 

Speculation and speculators 
With their shark instincts
Miss the point 
Gold is shiny and there lies its allure
 
Our supposed sophistication 
And technologically advanced state 
Still makes us kids drawn to the light gold emits 

To flash it and bling it 
Is its purpose 
Not a store of wealth to be kept in a vault 

The man who buys a band to
Prove his love 
The gangster who shows his wealth on his person 
Are the true connoisseurs of gold

It has no inner magic
 
Its surface does the job
It was bought to do  
A status symbol of wealth and prosperity 
That was meant for show 
Is gold at its best 
And most appealing
 `
When the wearers are outspent by an investor 
Then gold has rusted 
And speculators lose 
It's true intrinsic value laid bare 
That of hype caused by uncertainty in the money market 

It is to the economic historian no power-house of value 
The more coveted it is for gawping appeal 
The more valuable it is 
Speculative mania will only 
Tarnish its dazzling glow 

Wear it
Bling it 
Don’t invest in it

Archaeology Field-Trip January 29 Th 3011 - Part Ii

ARCHAEOLOGY   FIELD-TRIP  JANUARY  29  TH   3011  (PART  II)
 
(NOTE: If you have not already read  PART I,  then do so before you read this)


Though the buildings are gone long ago  
Our diggings in the places we felt were the main city  
Have unearthed   plastic  false-teeth and artificial heart-valves.
We  have also brought up plastic bowls and plastic bags and bottles, 
Probably used to carry artificially-flavoured  salted food.
(This would account for the false teeth.)
The marshy delta in the south arm of the bay 
Once supported a salt-evaporation industry.

These people knew how to use technology
And  were obviously technologically  advanced  - 
But a weak people physically. Let me show you why:
Here we see what seems may have been 
The foundations of a  great bridge across the bay  - 
And  engineering was a forte of these people.
This huge block of concrete you see in 
The middle of the water  may have been 
An artificial island to anchor two such bridges.
Movement and transport seems to have been in vehicles
And very little walking was done, (hence the heart-valve).
Huge concrete highways extended  from this city south,
Probably to  another of their cities, long gone.

Though important and widespread,
Transport was however a problem for these people,
Especially in the foggy weather which seems to be typical for  the place.
Underground we have found a complex 
Of tunnels which probably housed a movement system of sorts,
Unaffected by the treacherous climate.
And not just  land transport, but sea too.
It doesn’t look like it to our eyes, but this was a major port, 
And under the waters  of the bay
Can be found many artifacts of ships and cargoes.

Those seven or eight small hills to the south 
Of the baymouth are covered today in natural forests of sessile oak 
And shrubbery of peach-     and   grape-bearing plants 
But there are still some large Euro-latin buildings
Poking through the growth.   It seems to have been 
A prosperous residential area  of the city.

Evolution Revolution New World Order

Global revolution is in the air. Not militarily, but technologically.
It will be no less disruptive to world order, in fact it will be many magnitudes more. Technology tsunamis will churn across the globe and back again,
washing away the old world order. What's left in its stead will be radically different. Societies will be rearranged, realigned and in many instances totally washed out of existence. We will communicate wirelessly seemingly telepathically all connected thru the web. The global brain linking up with artificial intelligence when it arrives on the scene. Countries will melt away as those distinctions lose there meaning. Progress will then be so rapid as to be a blur. We'll explore outer space but inhabit virtual space blending the two in ways unexplainable. A Brave New World indeed.
© Jg Collins  Create an image from this poem.

Warning Signs

got this 
spreading,
tingling, 
numbing,
pulsating, 
stabbing,
throbbing,
pain 
that won’t take a 
vacation,
that won’t give itself a
rest,
that won’t lighten 
up &
i’m wondering 
doc,
if this is a
warning sign
that i, as a 
human,
just wasn’t built to 
live beyond
30…

and yet we insist
as a fervently curious
technologically progressive
species,
that i should.

in this interim
between the biological &
the transhuman, between the
transhuman & 
the enhanced version of 
whatever might be left of
me if my dice are rolled
right,
i eagerly await your
diagnosis.

All That Ever Was

silken threads bind
the tree of life, 
skeins of hope
tying all 
deep into the soul
of the earth

but,
the dirt trembles and shakes
big minds wander
the lost halls of learning
they go where others
dare not tread,
risking all
with each step

tremendous machines
chew through the skin
of the planet
ripping and shredding
the life out of Gaia,
she is dying
a day at a time

Great leaders in denial
lead their people
towards a precipice,
all the time
their eyes are closed
hoping like fools
their delusions
aren't their downfall  

like lemmings
a blinded society
technologically 
numbed
are blinkered,
the mountains
begin to tumble
as the rivers
ease their flow

the grass browns
as the days burn hot
killing the elderly 
sickening the child,
the air burns throats
and lungs
as industry
churns out poison 

waters run with blood
buildings fall 
into the chasm
all the while the answer
lies within 

a seed of hope
is carried in the atoms 
that hold us all together,
wind the silken thread
around this pearl
saving all that ever was

What Will Your Life Be Like 30 Years From Now

A future of humanity will blur our identities into "transhumanism."
Future humans will consider themselves as "technologically" superiors.
When we will be probably all delusional and so-called tech slaves
A Horse will be your faithful friend, and let's live in a cave.
No smart technologies! Yes! That will set you FREE!
Do not put your brain in a box, Do not put keep the heart in a cage!
Caves will be a better place than a digital slave society.
We are losing our freedom of thought and speech day by day.
Apps, websites, software, self-driving cars are following you.
There is not any place for you to run; there is no city to hide.
The eyes of technology are watching you!
When self-deceived society will show off their willful ignorance,
Wise people will hide and cover their enlightened knowledge!
When robots and artificial intelligence will be future leaders of nonsenses
I will be the leader of sheep, goats, and chickens!
When people will be blind with their open eyes 
Society will be dead with beating hearts.
I will be a prisoner by choice...!

Premium Member Technologically Advanced

We live in a time
Where people will
Instantly and instinctually
Grab their cell phones 
To record someone in need of help
Instead of rushing to help them
And I wonder…
What did they do before they owned one?

Kale Brereton
November 16/18

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