In 3022,

we shall not have floating cars

the physics of such a thing

preposterous!

 

No hoverboards or floating trains

only movies can still conjure

because necessity trumps avarice

when basic staples cost more.

 

No teleportation or flue powder

same ol’ car, plane, train or buses

only virtually still you can

meet friends in other countries.

 

Time machines and portals all

just junk under future’s pall

casting shadows like monsters

maybe the aliens we conjured?

 

But cryogenics, rejuvenation, i do hope

become a future thing

because I’d like to jump some rope

a 154-year-old child, full swing.

 

– Sandra Johnson, June 25, 2022