The Future, Capital Terrorist

Marilyn Hacker once wrote,

“Nobody’s future

Passes out free samples.” No,

That’s not nobody’s future,

Nothing like future

For anybody at all.

The samples of the future

We find in our midst

Are old-fashioned calling cards,

Sales event advertisements,

Risk assessments, bait and switch,

Or worse—a flyer,

A compact package 

Packed with destruction, a hearse.