Contributor: L.W. Lothrop

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The future is a big commitment.

It's nothing to be taken lightly.

The future is a big commitment.

Immortality is meant only for the few.

Spread your genes for us, let us see
let us judge.
Let us poke you, prod you,
cut you, drain you,
demand from you.

Immortality is meant only for the few,
and then, only at the point of gun.
Only after everything you are,
you hold dear,
is burnt away.

Naked, I am prepared.
I am ready to make the sacrifices.

Not good enough.

Not I, not I.
Perfect, tragically perfect,
not perfect enough,
cracked with unknowns,
arbitrary failures
cast off, cast away
forever.

Human genes, my genes.
Castaways. Forever gone. Lost.
Not good enough for the few.
Not good enough for the many.
Not good enough for anyone.
Lost.


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