1882
For the Unofficial Challenge: Time Traveler Poetry
Call me Sherry of the prairie
When I'm 15, I expect I will marry.
Life is hard in 1882,
So I'll point out exactly what I like to do.
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I travel to the future
When I'm bored or upset,
Because the future has
Got to be better, I'll bet.
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I wouldn't milk cows
Or take care of the land.
Food would come by magic,
Just by demand.
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Where now my bread's kneaded,
I then say, "Bread, please,"
And if I am hungry,
I just say, "Add cheese."
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The future will surely
Have good things, I hope.
Inventions so I will
Not have to make soap.
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Self-cleaning cabins,
And self-chopping wood,
Self feeding animals
Sure would be good.
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I think that I'd much rather
Lounge like a queen
Upon a soft cloud -
Now that WOULD be a scene!
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I don't really know
What the future may hold,
But hard work on the prairie
Is sure getting old.
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About the Creator
Julie Lacksonen
Julie has been a music teacher at a public school in Arizona since 1987. She enjoys writing, reading, walking, swimming, and spending time with family.
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🌼The atmosphere you built here was brilliant. It felt like a day in the life of someone fatigued. You balanced a sense of lightheartedness with the reality of historical everyday life. The narrator was at times hilariously indifferent, yet I could still feel the heavy weight of that era.
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