> Dave wrote:
> I once met a planetwalker, at work,
> though I did realise it at the time.
> They are indefinitely young at a steady 24,
> brought to life, as adults, when the world was
> created in 1372.
>
> We are in their realm,
> helping the scenery by making
> up the numbers.
> Of the original 82 only 47 are left.
> They see their responsibility to ensure technical progress,
> and once they have all been killed, most probably by the
> risks they enjoy,
> society may evolve backwards to where
> magical work and manual labour, rather than
> technology is used for communications, food production,
> warfare and medicine.
>
> On settling down the expectation of the population
> causes them to age, so they lead a
> semi-nomadic life.
>
> Financially their bank accounts have
> a steady balance.
> Cheques are cleared, and credits can be made, but the
> balance is only changed when it is incremented by one
> pound every year.
> Extravagant expenditure is not in their nature since
> it would be known if they were spending more than
> their work was worth through runic techniques
> used by the bank.
>
> The planetwalkers are like tadpoles refusing to become
> frogs in the spring.
> On midsummer they are devoured by
> a freshwater crab.

Interesting poetry from the archives.

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