Future
Of course
I want
all the big things:
Equality
and parity;
a decline in celebrity,
particularly
those ones
who are famous
for being famous
aye those ones..
you know the ones I mean.
World peace,
and kids
who have enough to eat,
without having to shame
those supposed to lead
with social media feeds.
Free speech
and the right
to a roof over your head
and your own bed
in a place
you can feel safe in.
Forget flying cars
and trips to Mars
GPS charms
or robots to clean your cars
I would take holding you in my arms.
never having to look at you through a screen again.
I’d take
dinner parties;
pubs;
film nights;
Christmas;
dates;
crap dates;
ceilidhs;
even funerals.
My wish?
My wish is for a future filled
with all the past
I didn’t touch
or feel
or breathe in
in a the way I would’ve done
or should’ve done
if I could’ve seen
the future.
—
by Julie McNeill
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