21st Century Time Capsule

• Broden Tripcony
• Poetry
• 2017

As typical of these times I would include:
a mobile phone and a $3 spring water bottle,
a ranting post on social media, forever rising power bills,
a primitive president
demanding to build a wall, a major imbalance between the poor and the rich,
wealthy individuals wasting millions on superfluous possessions while
unprivileged children starve and suffer, cruel prejudice against one’s skin colour and beliefs,
debauched acts of deforestation, fatal fumes and gases poisoning our atmosphere,
numerous riots and terrorist attacks, millions of refugees forced to leave their homes,
and the rapid advancement of technology that will be the doom of mankind
- and for their rarity I would include:
peace and prosperity
for people who have done no wrong, persistence and a work ethic,
the use of intelligence to forge creative ideas,
a society that tells the truth, a society that follows the rules, a society that is grateful for life,
and finally, a society that will take a situation and make the moral choice.