The future finds you charming Like a pet Don’t . . . go there
They think they time-travel better than you
They think they know more than you
You’re just some sort of time hick
a space bumpkin
to them
the Futurians
talk to you loudly
like you’re kind of deaf
or dumb
or behind the times
They smile and laugh
and point out the funny things you do
Like, “Oh, we used to do that
Several hundred years ago
When we were a few thumbs short
of being primates.”
They’ll gawk
at your time-travelling devices . . .
Oh, how quaint
You’ve learned how to time-travel
And what year are you from?
They’ll ask you how you like teleportation
like they invented it!
They won’t let you sit at their table
and I’ve been kicked out of stores
In fact, I’ve never been treated so rudely
in my entire set of life-years
(Not counting one experience
in Germany
in 2042
— but that can be chalked up
to just one of those things
about travelling)
But out of five stars
I give the future
One
From now on I’ll only travel to the past
where everyone might not be as refined
and things smell a lot more
but at least they find your visit
exciting.
oh yes
and one more thing about the future
the food is shit.
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