They once were unique and individual. Some tall, some short, some medium. They were thin and fat and muscular and lanky. Their hair was brown or golden or fiery red. When they aged the crown of hair on their head reflected the passing of the years by turning silver or white or disappearing entirely. The purple and green and rainbow were not the crowning colors seen today. The exaggerated curves were not the norm.
Most were healthy with clear eyes and quick smiles, although their teeth were not the glowing white they are today. Skin was not as smooth and tight as they all reflect now. In earlier times, their skin was common and not covered with sparkling tattoos as it is today. They talked with voices of all timbre and volume. Laughter was a cacophony...not the LOL as it is today.
Their health was not so tenuous as it is now. They weathered the changes of winds and attacks of germs much better with their own genes and immunity in more primitive times. Now with the decades of use of designer foods and designer medicines, their bodies have evolved to a weakness that insures their extinction in the future.
We saw the future coming, but no one believed.
Most were healthy with clear eyes and quick smiles, although their teeth were not the glowing white they are today. Skin was not as smooth and tight as they all reflect now. In earlier times, their skin was common and not covered with sparkling tattoos as it is today. They talked with voices of all timbre and volume. Laughter was a cacophony...not the LOL as it is today.
Their health was not so tenuous as it is now. They weathered the changes of winds and attacks of germs much better with their own genes and immunity in more primitive times. Now with the decades of use of designer foods and designer medicines, their bodies have evolved to a weakness that insures their extinction in the future.
We saw the future coming, but no one believed.
Ooooo! Such a dire future is in store for us! Ack!!
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SueAnn
Ouch. You hit too close to home.
ReplyDeleteBut wasn't the average life expectancy back then only 35?
ReplyDeleteI am still mesmerized over a recent documentary I watched on genetically enhanced food.
ReplyDeleteLove this - how accurate - you have such a way with words :)
ReplyDeleteGranny you are correct, but it seems we are also contradicting our improvements in life with a more artificial method that could make us as vulnerable as the hybrids we now grow.
ReplyDeleteReminds me of the film "WALL-E".
ReplyDeleteThere are always plus n minuses
Very well written and leaves me wanting more.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure if I should feel a foreboding or happy about the rainbow hair.
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