Time Capsule (Hour 5)

Lithium batteries, aluminum foil, melted plastic. 
Cardboard boxes heavy with wet ash, a mouse heart.
All the garbage that won’t burn.

Old paint cans, half-used tubes of epoxy,
A pinky finger, carcinogens transfused through cells,
Old tires, cancer.

High cholesterol, heart disease, diabetes.
Curly red hair turned to wavy auburn.
Alcoholism.

A collection of keys to unknown locks,
A flash drive, digital cameras, DVDs.
Technology to preserve human memory,
falling to memory.

 

 

One thought on “Time Capsule (Hour 5)

  1. This perfectly encapsulates (heh) all of the things I look at and wonder about the life they will leave behind. What are archaeologists in 400 years going to think of all the things we will lose and forget about.
    Our waste?
    Our naivety?
    I love it, excellent work!

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