Sci-Fi by Tracy K. Smith

There will be no edges, but curves. Clean lines pointing only forward.   History, with its hard spine & dog-eared Corners, will be replaced with nuance,   Just like the dinosaurs gave way To mounds and mounds of ice.   Women will still be women, but The distinction will be empty. Sex,   Having outlived every threat, will gratify Only the mind, which is where it will exist.   For kicks, we’ll dance for ourselves Before mirrors studded with golden bulbs.   The oldest among us will recognize that glow—…

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