future historians, sociologists & archaeologists

will be able to identify our current
era by examining two artifacts

tattoos & smart phones

go to any public place
stop & look at the people
nearly every one of us

is holding a smart phone
& many of us are visibly tattooed

what that means for our
wild & contorted early century

i don't know
but the body art & the technology
makes me feel like a stranger
in my own time

no, actually it makes me
feel like i am living in a sci fi movie

a time out of time
waiting for the lift off into space