11. Poetry by Jean-Paul L. Garnier
Art by Paulo Sayeg | Eden
The Big Dreams
those flying cars we dreamed of . . .
on the way . . . ish
pills for food
not such a great idea, really
jumpsuits
ever had to pee with one on, a pain
our dreams were kinda small
skipped right over the big stuff
Equality for all
enough food for all
clean water . . . clean sky . . .
we let “progress” trample those
let the big dreams come
dream them together
bring those dreams right out of heaven
and down to the ground
Jean-Paul L. Garnier
Jean-Paul L. Garnier lives and writes in Joshua Tree, CA where he is the owner of Space Cowboy Books, a science fiction bookstore, independent publisher, and producer of Simultaneous Times podcast. In 2020 his first novella Garbage In, Gospel Out was released by Space Cowboy Books and in 2018 Traveling Shoes Press released Echo of Creation, a collection of his science fiction short stories. He has also released several collections of poetry: In Iudicio (Cholla Needles Press 2017), Future Anthropology (currently being translated into Portuguese), Odes to Scientists (audiobook – Space Cowboy Books 2019) and Betelgeuse Dimming (2020). He is a seven-time Elgin Nominee and also appeared in the 2020 Dwarf Stars anthology. He is a regular contributor to DreamFoundry.org’s blog, and is the current editor of Star*Line Magazine.