453 History, as we know it, with thanks of Thornton Wilder May, 2012

Historians will be things of the past in the future.
The present won’t become history as we know it.
Placing the bible, shakespeare, the new york times,
a copy of our town in a citibank cornerstone
will be as anachronistic as raptor bones in tar pits.

Our time
is on line.
Library Of Congress
on a
dime.
Humanity on a
pin head.
The fog shrouded mystery of our errors
exposed
in the
plink
of an I-pad.
All the wonder of wondering
how we felt,
how we farted,
how we fornicated,
revealed by
oogling google.
A peak
at a chip
and there
we’ll be.

“I remember when a dog could lay down on Main Street all day
and never have to move. Sometimes it’s better to just stay
home”.

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