Kari Maaren

December 2091
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This song, which has not yet been recorded, was first performed in December of 2012, not December of 2091, though once I get my time machine up and running, the latter is a definite possibility.  The song imagines what Christmas might be like near the end of this century.

Lyrics
December 2091
Deck the festive space-time rifts; be
Programmed so that you can see
All the holographic gifts be-
Neath the holographic tree.

Beam selections from the Torah
To the others in your vat.
Light the lights on the menorah;
They say there's an app for that.

Trim the succulent tofurkey,
Which is only half-unreal,
With synthetic sage whose murky
Origins you won't reveal.

Merry happy winter; I'm not
Sure what "winter" means.
I guess it doesn't matter, as
Our bodies have long since become machines.

Tuck the offspring, for good reason,
Into hibernation pods.
Upload stories of the season,
But leave out the bits with gods.

Decorate the yuletide table
In your virtual retreat.
If the code becomes unstable,
You will just pretend to eat.

Teach the offspring to time travel;
It's traditional, you know.
Watch the whole time stream unravel
And erase the offspring, so

Merry happy winter; I’m not
Sure what “winter” means.
I guess it doesn’t matter, as
Our bodies have long since become machines.

Fast away the old year passes;
It is time to upgrade now
And to mind-meld with the masses;
Teach surviving offspring how.

Programme warm and glad reactions
Into your vat-mates because
You have heard that interactions
Made this season what it was.

Manufacture a mood lift at
Sounds of bells that go “ding dong.”
Open up the space-time rift at
The beginning of this song.

Merry happy winter; I’m not
Sure what “winter” means.
I guess it doesn’t matter, as
Our bodies have long since become machines.

Merry happy winter; I’m not
Sure what “winter” means.
I guess it doesn’t matter, as
Our bodies have long since become machines.

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