We're living in a time of rapid change,
a moment of which we are unaware.
To Grandma, polio would not be strange;
my children will have laser vision care.
And I have seen computers go from things
that awe to things that dangle from the wrist.
Whole languages are changing. Whores and kings
have changed; if we're behind, then we'll be missed.
I could, tomorrow, go to Kathmandu,
or watch, right now, TV from Singapore.
The world is shrinking, not so small that you
are caged just yet, but more and more and more.
I know now how it must have felt to be
with Alexander toward the Outer Sea.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment