Long Not too distant future Poems

She was happy to deliver the news if only to get a glimpse of Lumi.  They had 
met some years back, before he had been exiled to the northern desert.  She thought she...

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The waters trickling under the
crossing bridge grows ever dormant

And on the one and only discernable
route into this village languishing beneath
there is a old rickety swinging sign that says

" Welcome to Eden "

We trust you enjoy...

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I recall my having saved something:  A special sized box … a uniquely colored rubber band … an old, old hat … or a million sundry other things, thinking that sometime in the future...

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In a Perfect World, the world would have to be just so - perfect!
On the sixth day of creation God said to his Son, ALL things are 
perfectly good - in both heaven and on...

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You were born in Clermont, Queensland on December, twenty-four, 
Away back circa eighteen sevn'ty-two. 
Edward Jones now had a fifth child, whom his dear wife Anna bore, 
Their second son and both were proud of...

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Dare Listen
            by Odin Roark

Time chooses to whisper,
Having endured shouting decades,
A species’ feigned listening,
Maelstrom's obsessive noise-making.

Still persistent
Is but a parade,
A just married tin can...

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WE ARE POLLUTION
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

In the beginning, its said we were just dust,
Conjecture or, simply words I don't trust.
Even the big bang theory is not a positive must.
For the truth in all manner of things, I do...

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'From now on' were three words I hesitated to use for fear they might not go over well with my lovely daughter.  Taking her home one day, my daughter replied to me with two...

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Standing on the shoulder's of giant's 

Where we over reliant 

To place our faith in the footballing God's

When the final whistle drew deep intakes of breath

And the crowd stood silent

Our race was run

And the scoreline...

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Living out of a box
Everything I ever knew from my existence has been challenged
Will I make the cut?
What about all the supplies I have saved?
Was it all in vain?
Will tomorrow be as He said it...

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Long ago in the not too distant future, whence temporal tense was but a phase,
I found myself afloat inside my head, from where I feared I'd fall within its haze.

Trapped by the door on the...

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A full moon descends beyond the distant dunes
freshly scented air breezing palm as desert breath
calm are the whispers upon a much cooling surface
momentary is the solitary life facing certain death.....

As I sit 'neath infinities blanket...

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You see them all the time,
the Stepford wife 
and her counterpart,
the bronzed over, buffed high sheen,
man bun walking in skinny jeans,
so tight they squeak...
HIPSTER as they pass on by. 

With a flower in the beard,...

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Is Mans Destruction by Earth

In the not to distant future
when the Clouds are gone forever
And an Omen is reality at best

Technology, and greed for more
Resources not replenished
beginning of the end of Human quest

When the skies...

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Santa learned about a year ago that the North Pole was thawing slow,
And in the not too distant future, he may be adrift on a perilous floe!
That was disturbing, but another situation has elicited little...

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five days of ecstasy
followed by seven days of anguish
trying to catch his breath
his ghosts, get there first
and he crashes

as reality sets in,
sadness overwhelms 

memories scattered throughout his room
serve as bittersweet comfort
forcing a smile, while on...

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AIt is said and sadly wrongly banded about
like confetti at a wake 

By those who quite patently do not or will never know the meaning of true love

You don't know what 
you've got till it's...

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© Francis Maugo
That day when
I came into this life.
You embraced me.
You protected me
So nobody could hurt.

You showed me values.
Illustrations in life I would learn.
You trained me to regard;
I offered you love as a trade off.
You...

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I asked myself today ?

Where are all the Children ?

For after all 

Have they not broken up for Easter 
Or am I sadly mistaken

I seek them here I seek them there
But nowhere are they to...

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As I approach my twilight years,
I find myself less important, 
less relative in other’s eyes,
I’m not needed, 
lonely and fading away. 

Once I was the man in charge, 
all decisions came thru me, 
my words...

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I remember playing in the grassy fields
when time was young and skies were bright,
picking berries in the patch behind our house,
enjoying youth to my delight.
I remember learning lessons with my sister
like how to live, to...

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As days go, this has not been one of the best

But after giving myself a good talking to

I've realized not all days are created equal
 
It's the lunatic fringe that are wreaking havoc

Ask anyone on...

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In the not so distant future, just can't say when although
I think about you time and time again. Soon we'll meet
becoming the best of friends, you are my Godsend.

You'll probably laugh when I try to...

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Two decades plus something and counting

My life in this world is taking shape finally

The Twists and turns of the world I'm now understanding

And I'm beginning to treat life more maturely

 

Fast forward to the not...

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One thing is for sure

I am smart enough to know

That the people

Who run us and our day to day lives

Are actually in charge

Are way far more smart

And more powerful

Than I 

Am or could ever wish...

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