2024 New Year
The fall of the Soviet Union
Lifted the dread of nuclear war.
Mankind seemed freed from that horrible
Ever-present existential threat.
Now three decades later we all face
New terrifying threats unforeseen
And unimaginable before.
If God is a cat, is man his mouse?
Thirty years ago, could you dream up
A divisive huckster president
Supported by a third of voters
Willfully ignorant, complicit?
As our very democracy is
At risk, we also face the rise of
Unregulated, unrestricted
Artificial Intelligence.
Between high tech rich whiz kids
And a third of voters stuck in
An alternate universe
Where facts and logic languish
2024 will be
A pivotal, frightening,
Historic year to survive.