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gifDragged into the futureWhy is it the further we progress in time, we loose luxuries? You see it in the design of every day items and transport - it all gets less comfortable overtime. We're told that this is the future, but really it someone, somewhere wants to remove public luxuries. Who am I to say this? Am I really getting older? I feel as though every second pulls me further into a future I'm not sure about. It often seems that we're being dragged against our will into the future. Is the present really so bad? It has highs and lows; some of the things around us just seem to work and we get much pleasure from them. The things which don't work out so well - full of flaws - push us into the future in the hopes that time can resolve the issues. Perhaps it all balances out somehow? Yes, the world around us is heavily influnced by people who want to go cheap on all of us - but then we are people. We have an ability to change the world ourselves, don't we? We can change the shape of our future if we have involvement in it and stop letting others construct a distopia we don't want. If you balance it out - you might enjoy the world around you more - and the idea of when you enjoy it just passes away into timelessness. After all, who wants to realise that they're getting old anyway?Changed the belt on my vacuum cleaner today.I changed the belt in my vacuum todayI'm not sure if it worksI can see its chamber fillA lone dust bunny spinningBut I remember daysWhen the dust would crackleThrough her insidesAnd the proud mechanical whirOf her brush rolling on the carpetBut today a gust of windPulls into a leak, somewhereAnd though the chamber is fullSo much has been left behindA loose red thread sticks to the floorMocking the two of usAnd I feel the ache in my wristThe weight of my bodyAs I pluck the thread to toss