Overestimated Progress

They thought we'd be zooming through the sky in chrome machine birds way up

high. Jet packs on and laser guns, robots doing chores for fun.

But here we are and what's our crown? We invented ads that track you

down. They pictured humans bold and brave, galaxies sail and space time naves.

They really overestimated us when our cruise on Mars, we're posting on

the bus. We got warning labels on shampoo because someone tried to drink it,

that's true. They thought we'd live like sci-fi stars. We text while

walking into parked cars. They thought we'd teleport to Rome instead we FaceTime