I sip my coffee slowly
on this December morning
imagining many ‘What Ifs’.
I sip and ponder and wonder…
What if all Human skins
had evolved to be transparent
like the jellyfish of the sea,
all internal structures and functions
in clear transparency
for all to know and see.
What physiological prejudices
would motivate Humanity?
What if we all looked the same
in size and shape and features,
our bones, our organs, our brains,
genders merged into the same.
What if we all thought the same,
no different perceptions,
no different preferences,
beliefs, ideas, conceptions
of Life as anything else.
What if we lived in a Mono Culture,
no differences to celebrate
that many now love to hate
and only grew Mono Crops
as the only things we ate.
Potatoes, Rice, Corn and Beans-
only these on every plate.
What if we enslaved ourselves
to our machine technology,
no longer required to think-
even in our theology,
just accepting all on faith
A.I. always knows what’s best.
What if Weather was controlled,
no temperature rise or fall,
nothing ever unexpected,
the same rain and sun for all,
everything under control
as daily conditions unfold.
What stories would be told?
I sip and ponder and wonder…
(December 7, 2021- Shelley Wilson)
Flowerpoet 