How Do You Know the Sky Is Falling?

Ever the nostalgic    futurist
           your kettle boiling over
spewing         bubbles and steam

Prognosticator tallying        naught and aught
sorry you lost          your hat          so soon
exposing cool head             to scorching sun

It’s whether or not
                     you don’t need man
fingering prevailing wind     bothering clouds

Your cover blown     no time to sit tight
might as well stand             on your hands
                     turn cartwheels on the road to progress
imaginary line from here    to yonder
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