There are 'elders' in the Dome City of 'Eden'
the place where death comes at thirty.
But they are never seen…….They give their orders from a tower
high above the Cities 'Sectors'.
Only their sons know of these mandates
and they pass them on to the Cyborgs…The 'elders' are kept a secret, for
this was their demand.
If a word should be uttered that they exist…
Life means death for the informant.The 'elders' exist into their nineties
and live the high life like kings.
Young women bare their children and
are exterminated when the infant is two.Only male children survive of the 'elders'
No use for daughters in 'Eden'
The breading of females left to the public
but only one child per couple….It was written somewhere of an old 'Eden'
somewhere at the beginning of time,
when rules were made to be broken
and children played and grew old.Executioners were utilised for the wicked,
when evil overpowered a mind. But here…
The executioners role was inane. Now he
kills the innocent, guilty of no crimes…..This new assignment gave him free reign of the city
his orders coming from the Cyborgs,
to keep law and order in the 'Sectors'
and tally each day of the ages.He suspected something amiss
when restricted from the tower.
He swears he saw someone, old…….TeAnne © June 21. 1999
FOOTNOTE:
Feed back on this series is said to remind the reader of a TV program titled 'Logan's Run'...
I would like to point out that my series of poems
is in no way related to said program.
My poems are pure fabrication on my part. I have never seen 'Logan's Run'