>From An Unpublished Collection of 117 Poems Based on 117 Phobias: Number 14, Athazagoraphobia- Fear of being forgotten.
=============================== People of the future, here is a secret: I am just like you. To me, the past is full of absurd stereotypes; a history of ridiculous fads idiotic sciences and incomprehensible politics. But you ought to know better by now. You assume we are all hanging on tight to this giant, deflating empire- victims of our own ignorance. I know you assume you are the pinnacle of science, that beauty is most perfect when it is modern. But you won't know the beauty of our times. Whitman wrote of grass and rivers as means of eternal communication; but don't accuse me of shortsightedness when I tell you about plastic bottles bending light, tinting sidewalks with long green streaks. I have more faith in the immortality of plastics than I do in Walden Pond. -e. _______________________________________________ Five7Five mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/five7five
