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Ashes to ashes

by Timothy Wilson

Shutting the suicide doors of the Delorean, made smoke clouds vaporize into the thick air
The Year was 2035
I walked the new coastline where the middle of America once stood with pride and arrogance
A parking garage covered in vines, makes for a great raven nesting ground
And the once busy stores and sidewalks lay in ruins
I was embarrassed for an old “open” sign
And humiliated for the world
Looking up into thick clouds of chemical tears, and the price that comes with wealth,
I knew I must head back to the past/present
For I had seen and confirmed the “less” in our Futureless hopes

08/04/2011

Posted on 08/04/2011
Copyright © 2025 Timothy Wilson

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by Alison McKenzie on 08/04/11 at 07:43 PM

Wow. This is....haunting....to say the least. So much packed into the perfect descriptives. It was not a stretch to picture this "less" of a future through your words.

Posted by Gabriel Ricard on 08/04/11 at 10:41 PM

Intense, disturbing stuff. Brilliant.

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