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A capsule relegated to time

Haiku about the power of burying relics from the past

By Cheryl E PrestonPublished 3 years ago 1 min read
A capsule relegated to time
Photo by Brooke Campbell on Unsplash

Tic Toc

The Steve Miller Band song Fly Like an Eagle tells us that Time keeps on slipping slipping slipping into the future. And he did not lie. The idea of a time capsule placed in the earth in 1973 that will be opened in 2023, 50 years later is amazing. The contents have remained intact and encapsulated until the day of the unveiling. Life and time have marched on but whatever is inside is unscathed by life happening above ground. With each tick of the tock the old-fashioned hands on a clock moved along through seconds, minutes, hours, days months years, and decades until the moment of unveiling is at hand. This Haiku sums up the time capsule experience.

Encapsulated

Traversing through the wormhole

Transtemporal mode

surreal poetry

About the Creator

Cheryl E Preston

Cheryl enjoys writing about current events, soap spoilers and baby boomer nostalgia. Tips are greatly appreciated.

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  • C. H. Richard3 years ago

    First, love Steve Miller Band and enjoyed video. Well done Haiku "transversing through the wormhole" is a great analogy . Great job.

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