Archaeological Future
In the future-
I will be an archaeologist,
I’ll discover where all the missing dinosaurs went…
And back in my lab, I’ll revive them (only the herbivores) back again!
I will use GPR, to find where all the pirates like Blackbeard hid their treasure,
Then I will share all the pieces out amongst my best friends.
I will dig up underground cities, and rebuild them as good as new,
Unearth Roman coins and put them back as currency to be re-used.
When all the world has become glossy, metallic and modern,
I will make sure the past isn’t forgotten,
I will still make room for our ancestors’ history,
Because after all, that’s how our faraway future arrived here.
I will be an archaeologist,
I’ll discover where all the missing dinosaurs went…
And back in my lab, I’ll revive them (only the herbivores) back again!
I will use GPR, to find where all the pirates like Blackbeard hid their treasure,
Then I will share all the pieces out amongst my best friends.
I will dig up underground cities, and rebuild them as good as new,
Unearth Roman coins and put them back as currency to be re-used.
When all the world has become glossy, metallic and modern,
I will make sure the past isn’t forgotten,
I will still make room for our ancestors’ history,
Because after all, that’s how our faraway future arrived here.
This poem is copyright (©) Carmella de Keyser 2026
About the Writer
Carmella de Keyser
Carmella de Keyser is a prize-winning British poet, known for explorations of identity and heritage. Founder of the Harlow Circle of Poetry Stanza, judge for the Harlow Poetry Open, she has five books published or forthcoming, from Hedgehog Press, Alien Buddha Press, Parlyaree Press and the Seventh Quarry Press.
