We Live In The Future

POEM:

We Live In The Future
By David N. Donihue

You want me more drunk than I’m willing
More bothered than is me

Throwing punches at preachers
post-Xanax spree

Yet we live in the future
Where peasants turn king

The voices of zeros
Heard by millions with ease

We live in the future
No one watches tv
Our outer reflects our inners
So all poets now rock bling

You might catch us all broken
Yet we are not what you see
Unlike the well spoken villains
Who once ruled the blue-lined sheets

We live in the future
Where only hearts beat machines
Our spirits colliding
into dreams we’ve never seen

We dance in the wake of depression forgotten
Shun brokers of shame
Blockades to our peace

Our words are still valid,
Even when joyous and sweet

We live in the future
Where only hearts beat machines
So please rest assured
All poets now rock bling

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© copyright David Donihue 2023
See the Official Poetry Video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4lP2IBcgLY