IS THERE A 'THERE' THERE?

 When did the 'there' surface and has it remained there or has it become the here and right now rather than the 'there' not yet here? Or has the 'there' already long passed by, grown way beyond all predictive sources and guesses? Has the thought of a 'there' to come grown beyond old definitions and become the always and already here and now, never to be returned to the 'there' and 'here' of old? In fact, how would we recognize such a change in pattern, judge its life span and more important, will the people accept the change, a huge sea change, grow comfortable with the 'there' always the 'here'?

I greatly amazes me how much progress has been made, socially, technologically, over the course of my life span, boggling the mind. From cars with huge fins to room size computers, to punchcards, to small computers worn on wrists and capable of conversation, to speedy at home or away logons, to spaceflight and missions to Mars, and an unfortunate return to the days of a George Wallace, the destruction of a "Dream" of iconic presence, back to denial of rights and bigotries of old as toxic as ever. Too many benighted dangerous fools have turned back the clock to the then that was, bypassed all the here and now and returned us willy-nilly to a there that should never have been capable of reverting, morphing, into a hateful here and now. 

Perhaps permanently.

Now do a reality check, one that will convince you that the here and now has slithered and slimed its way into the Looking Glass world. Would it ever have occurred to you that an ignoramus, a bigot, a moron purveyor of hatred, a Marjorie Taylor Greene, would have risen through the levels of filth to be seated in a seat of power controlling the destiny of this nation? Of our future. Of your future and mine. The future- or not -of our children.

As bad as that is, it becomes worse, exponentially so, when we add to her, other dangerous darkened souls such as Gaetz, Bobert, Brooks, Perry, Jordan, Johnson, Scott, McCarthy etc., giving rise to a synergy of evil of heretofore unthinkable levels within the here and now, a poor fraying situation of a here and now, a return to a 'there' most definitely not worthy of return. 

At worst, this country will stagnate or devolve to a degree beyond which has already taken place. At best, we will survive to the elections of 2024, no more "stollen" accusations from a demented Trump. We will wallow in the blood shed by our proxies in Ukraine, the world will run out of all fancy ammunitions and weapons of war and revert to the next war - of sticks and stones and swords and war clubs and words.

And so, back to the beginning. Is the 'there' that is always there actually the here and now of our days? Can we change this time warp of negative consequences? Depends on how and if those in the present, in the here and now, understand the task at hand, shift, reformat our here and now, and insure a better, positive, hopeful 'there' to come. 

T'would definitely be a good thing to know, to be confident, that there will indeed be a proper 'there' there for all of us.