tag:dreamwidth.org,2013-05-12:2014669 (are we there yet?) kokopelle 2017-02-13T18:06:42Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2013-05-12:2014669:709164 2017-02-13T18:06:42Z 2017-02-13T18:06:42Z amused public 0 I tend to binge-watch a new person on YouTube that I enjoy. YouTube’s best unattended viewing mode is from most recent to most past posting. The poem “Always Backwards” shares this experience.<br /><br /><br />Always Backwards<br /><br />Always backwards, the clock turns<br />time moves forward in my world<br />this is not the case on YouTube<br />when I binge watch the history<br />viewing a channel in reverse<br />the opposite of what they saw<br />regression by moving pictures<br />turning back to where we were.<br /><br />Watching the years fall back<br />one, two, three, and more<br />to a time I barely remember<br />there they are as if today<br />outcomes are seen before the promise<br />the only mystery is what was said<br />before events took their place<br />commitments made against the good and bad.<br /><br />Styles come and they go<br />hair colors change in tens of minutes<br />when years passed between the dyes<br />in these minutes I am the same<br />as the show comes to an end<br />no more to see of a distant voice<br />both in space and time I've viewed<br />always backwards, the clock turns.<br /><br />© 2017, Sean Green. All Rights Reserved. 20170213.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=kokopelle&ditemid=709164" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments