I speak to myself sometimes
from ten thousand years ago
and he is amazed:
so few of us die young
yet we do not cherish life;
so many of us have wealth
and yet we lust for luxury.
He misunderstands the challenges
of our miniaturized world as it is—
dissected, digitized, wired up:
we know too much, and too many people
to know anything, or ever be at peace.
June 2019
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