What Inventions Will Save Us From The Falling Boot?
That falling boot is just reality telling us we are not
the best participants
We have not thought about inventions
that we need
Instead we have used rare components
to create gadgets on the model of our past economies
Buy them and then throw them away
Believe there will be the same tomorrow
Proceed to let what is be what will be
Do not act sad when it is not
Keep your chin up by cultivating blindness
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Now I shall tell you what inventions might just save
us from this happenstance
The inventions that we need are
just one thing
Some on- or just-below-ground substitute for the
waste that we have made of transportation
Pods that can be powered with air
They can connect new communities
They can waft speedily across all seas
Use old useless highways for fun
Oh and did I say we won’t need airports
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We will have moved ahead by
mindfulness
To tell us what this coming thing
will end up making different
We turn to what will reduce the
very bulk of energy
It is the walkable communities that
will spring up
connected by these airy pods
You don’t believe this can be
No more having to borrow
There comes a time we’ll finally come to see
Do not act sad
perceive the plot
There comes a time when people value kindness
the way some people used to value gold
when gold was valuable
