Unfurled

the time traveler

wakes up

in the present

and

walks to the parlor

and

he knows

“It’s gonna be a big day.”

he says

to all the

future hims

——

© Steve Mitchell 2023 

Where We Are

waning crescent –
he looks back on his thoughts
of the future

——

© Steve Mitchell 2022 

I’d Like To Think

winter trees –
someone in the future
studying us

——

© Steve Mitchell 2022 

Inexorable March

some day

Timmy

technology

oh yes

technology

will

give us

a future

where

anyone

can

button push

with

the

push

of

a

button

—-

© Steve Mitchell 2021

House

after the rain –
we imagine our
future travels

—-

© Steve Mitchell 2020

The Future Awaits

long soft shadows –

I fall asleep

with wet hair

—-

© Steve Mitchell 2019

Amber Moon, Rusty Leaves

I try

sometimes

to predict

the future

squint into the haze

but

it’s so far

too far

who can remember?

and

anyhow

I wasn’t even there

for most of it

—-

© Steve Mitchell 2019

Falleve

last day of summer

we imagine our future

and our past

—-

© Steve Mitchell 2019

Best To Do In-Store Pick Up

If you’re ever home alone, late at night, and you hear a knock at the front door, pause a moment.

Sure, whoever has knocked might announce themselves, “Greetings Sir or Madam. I am the BasinBot 2000 you recently purchased. Behold the future of bathroom technology.”

But you don’t really know who it is.

It could be anybody.

It could be an imposter!

Let that sink in.

Or, wait.

Ahh.

Well. You know.

Then Again

time

I think

blurs

and compresses

stretched

and

folded and

blue

or it did

or

it

will

—-

© Steve Mitchell 2019