Sam grew up within an age of ever present threat,
A fostered fear fed forty years, a phase you don’t forget, Throughout the time two superpowers fought a tête-à-tête, Secret words and whispers wound the doomsday clock to set. The thought of an impending death as sure as time did tick, Atomic doom is coming soon, life’s running short of wick, Do the most with everyday, success is best made fast, Don't plan too far ahead the future's never built to last. So Sam joined in the present chase, where future cost was void, The damage caused would not return to bite who had destroyed, Best to get in first to take the future’s handsome share, Taking all on offer leaving nothing left to spare. Somehow still the time wound on, each coming day was born, Walls began to crumble as the twilight reached the dawn, The future's death extended - not at present and the same, The clock was stopped a knock before the promised end of game. Yet those who shunned and plundered freely bounties that they found, Discovered wealth wields freedoms that ensure the rest stay bound, Why modify the method’s means for less efficient gain? Just ‘cause the future's there to lose you'd go against the grain? So Sam and all associates persisted with the same, Ignoring all the signs their systems would reset the game, Ignoring all the costs that grew for someone else’s due, Ignoring all the winding set to start the clock anew. Their fear had forged the futurescape that first informed their own, Trudging toward the bitter end shortsightedness had sown, The fate for future generations newly set the course, The footsteps of the former present sharing no remorse.
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