A cheap flash drive
containing one document;
PDF file of a note – my
message of hopeful wonder,
Robinson Crusoe-like whim
I seal the technological
romanticism tightly in a
Mason Jar, throw it into the
ocean at night as the tide
predictably recedes
Sitting on the beach I
ponder as only a man with
youthful hindsight, waning
sense of adventure, should
where, how far, how long
my modern take on
ancient currents will carry
I confidently wonder if its
eventual discovery
will prompt the curiosity of
its finder to seek out its
by-then-obsolete technology
decipher it with anticipation
or if, by then, will time have
erased the need or desire
for wonder and excitement
I question all this as the jar
slowly bobs its way out
into the darkness
that is the unknown
– Mark Lucker
Ponderable polemics, poetic 