Archaeology of the future
Extinct is in
In the distant future, people will learn about usBy studying our footprints in the sandBy looking at the outlinesBurnt on a sensitive paper and
They could have cared lessFor what they are discoveringIf it is what they already possessA known quantity, a familiar thing
What they will strive to findAre things that didn’t survive its timeCreative things, one of a kindOriginal, transcendent and sublime
Originals are the precious creationsThe source of everything to a great extentWhat follow them are reverberationsThe replicas, bleak copies of a long gone event