Sewert's First Journey to the Future Goes Awry

Out on the town with his boys from

way back, Sewert runs into the only girl

he's ever loved. Now this hasn't happened

yet, mind you, but the future, like the past,

is full of pastel shades. See, Sewert

wears an oxygen mask these days. Doctor's

hooked it up to a holy book, he explains,

and she nods vaguely, not understanding.

She's wearing baby blue, periwinkle, all

neutral tones. She holds her head high.

You can see her bones. Well Sewert's all

mush. Flesh, fur, and heart, And he thinks

to when she used to be the air he breathed,

and feels himself falling back up. Sometimes

Sewert regrets ever inventing time travel.