The Future

Burj Khalifa

The Porn Hub Tower is the tallest skyscraper in the world. Instead of a DUI, you get DEIs for diversity equity and inclusion. BTW it’s He or Her. No They or loitering! That’s the lady’s room, Bud. Which brings up the question of poets. They weren’t welcome in Plato’s Republic. Wallace Strvens was an insurance salesman. Flaubert counseled you should be “regular and orderly in your life so you may be violent and original in your work.” Writers of doggerel like Ogden Nash would get in under the wire. The banning and burning of books will adversely affect air quality in Red States. You won't have to bother to register to vote or vote--a definite lifestyle improvement. You won’t have to recycle, clean up after your dog or pay for abortions. The weak will no longer inherit the earth. With no inheritance tax, the rich will inherit everything.

read "Enjambment of Fallen Men" in The East Hampton Star