THE MISTAKEN TIME TRAVELLER

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THE MISTAKEN TIME TRAVELLER

I set the time coordinates for May

The year 2020, ten years from now,

I made the jump but, much to my dismay,

to a parallel universe somehow.

Gas was priced low, but streets seemed deserted.

Open storefronts were few and far between.

Notices in their windows alerted

adherence regarding “Covid-19.”

As though for surgery, patrons were masked,

I suppose the entire populace,

because they took one look, and I was asked

to leave unless I wore one. Such a fuss!

None sick, the air seemed breathable to me.

Too weird, I returned immediately.

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James Ph. Kotsybar's haiku achieved Martian orbit on September 22, 2014, becoming the first literature to another world, aboard NASA's MAVEN spacecraft. His poem, "Martian Connoisseur" has been circling the Red Planet for over 1,000 Earth days, however, Guinness Book of World Records, the Nobel Committee and Pulitzer Prize Directors have yet to weigh in on this record accomplishment. More information on MAVEN is available from https://mars.nasa.gov/maven/