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Another reading

August 31, 2014 Miguel PimentelLeave a comment

The tea leaves always look the same They never matter anyway They're just a random thing to blame When life's plans go astray But lately things are not the same The seeds and stems have meaning What once was just a silly game Has gained a dangerous keening

Posted in PoetryTagged divination, fortune teller, future, leaf reading, poem, poetry, tea

Interstate Tommorrow

February 24, 2014 Miguel PimentelLeave a comment

The future comes roaring forward like an 18 wheeler-Mack-truck barreling down the interstate. Stepping through adulthood and responsibilities like a tap dancer with guns aimed toward his head. There is no moment but this one There is also this one. But birds don't sing and cause flowers to bloom because some man-child jumped the line [...]

Posted in PoetryTagged fear, future, happy, Images, motivate, poem, poetry

Worlds at war

January 21, 2014February 8, 2014 Miguel PimentelLeave a comment

The first one landed in Irkutsk, Russia. It landed right above the fountain in Kirov square. Saying that it was a cold night in Siberia is like saying that the sun is bright. It's an integral part of the thing itself. Siberia without cold is a concept without meaning. This particular night was quiet. The cold [...]

Posted in FictionTagged alien, fear, fiction, future, Images, sci-fi, short fiction

A dream?

October 14, 2013 Miguel PimentelLeave a comment

Tomorrow we will remove the shackles of limit and debt We will embrace In a universe where there are no have-nots 'Work' and 'play' will become synonymous Humanity will learn of something that it has never known We will learn to love Without arbitrary fences of resource Nation or creed will cease to have meaning [...]

Posted in PoetryTagged future, humanism, humanity, love, post-scarcity, transhumanism, unity

Bloody footprints and the snow (part 2)

August 15, 2013September 24, 2013 Miguel PimentelLeave a comment

Okay. //Eyes Off. The program kicks on like I hit the ground running. I seem to have worked out most of the kinks in the algorithm. In meatspace, I'm blinking and occasionally taking delicate sips from this glass of water in front of me while pretending to read the book I'm holding. It's a good [...]

Posted in FictionTagged future, sci-fi, short fiction, story

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