[xsmasher]

In isolation it seems pretty utopian and optimistic, but reading a few more of the poems makes me doubt he was really that starry-eyed about the future. The line about rejoining our animal brothers has a faint smell of "the matrix."

It always reminds me of Donald's Fagan's I.G.Y. - the lyrics are 99% utopian

   Here at home we'll play in the city   
   Powered by the sun   
   Perfect weather for a streamlined world    
   There'll be spandex jackets, one for everyone

With just one hint of trouble brewing

  A just machine to make big decisions      
  Programmed by fellows with compassion and vision      
  We'll be clean when their work is done      
  We'll be eternally free, yes, and eternally young

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOQUzrhTBgw