The Other Side of Life

Ok, so now is when I conclude my blogathon.  Because of some logistical challenges of posting on LinkedIn too, I ended up falling short of a few posts. But, now I am actually done with all posts, so yay! For all those who read or commented, heartfelt thank you. I hope I entertained you in some way. So, what are my thoughts at the end of 33 days of writing? Writing everyday is so hard. But, it also gives a weird high. When I finish a new post and hit publish at 12 in the night, I felt like I accomplished something and I felt nice. I hope to continue my run in this month too. I am now a  poet! I have never written a poem in my life. I have blogged for 10 years, written more than 250 articles, but never a poem. It started as a joke on the second night when I didn't have time to write something long. And somewhere around the 5th day, subconsciously, I decided I am writing a poem everyday. And just like that, I am now 24 poems old. This one is hard to write but...

When I was young, 2020 was far away. A distant future that will arrive some day. What amuses me is that 2020 is almost here, With none of the futuristic things expected of this year. I was expecting to travel in flying cars everyday. Zipping and zooming through a clear airway. And yet here I am stuck in traffic as I write this. Weaving between potholes, that resemble an abyss. I imagined we would be no longer eating solid food. We would be swallowing only food substitute pills for good. I was thinking about this while gorging on a huge dinner, The pills better come soon, so we can all be thinner. I remember we thought some of us would stay on Mars, And we could visit each other in space cars. I know Elon Musk says it will happen soon, But for now we're stuck fighting with earthly real estate goons. Science fiction books did predict one of the trends, They said we'll have more robots and less human friends, This one they got partly right, we must ...

If the order of nature was the other way round, If animals were free and humans were bound, I wonder what cages in the zoo we would be put in, Where animals would point at us, stare and grin. This cage here is the Corporatus Sapien species. You can see how they are split into Boss and worker bees. They are often seen huddling in rooms, pointing at a screen with images If you listen carefully, you can hear jargon in their cages. Let's move on. This cage is the Techno Sapien species. They are always on the mobile phone and have "social" tendencies". They are often seen moving their fingers on the screen in a continuous motion Scientists believe their fingers are optimised for "scroll" locomotion. Here what you see are the  Videogamus Sapien species. They live in alternate game worlds of their own fancies. They are often seen shooting and shouting at the screen. They look violent, but are mostly harmless, just too absorbed in the scene. ...