
Imagine a life in reverse
through quantum entanglement’s grip
that’s moving from better to worse
aboard an impetuous ship.
Technology’s ready to fly
above the unknown for a cure
to human advance gone awry,
but what if we cannot endure?
Unless we start pulling together
in pooling resources to last,
the future’s unlikely to tether
our tenuous link to the past.
Survival is never a given
if progress is avarice-driven.

2023 Mary Boren
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Inspired by the sci-fi novels of Douglas E. Richards and A.G. Riddle, who responsibly explore such themes as emerging technology, AI, the singularity, quantum physics, time travel, medicine, ecology, and human nature with an equal measure of despair and optimism.