#repetitive

The Traveler by Joseph Eckert

I listened to a new audio book - “The Traveler”. I enjoy time travel stories, so I thought I’d give it a try. The description reminded me of “The Time Traveler’s Wife”. In that novel, a man spontaneously travels in time through his own lifetime. In “The Traveler”, a man spontaneously travels forward in time, first one day, then two, then four, etc. Soon he moves forward in time years, then decades, millennia, epochs…

Fairly quickly, the story became repetitive - the man moves forward in time, bemoans the breakup of his marriage, and missing seeing his son grow up. Then the next jump, and he bemoans it again, and again, and again.

I started skipping forward a little. By chapter 19, the man had moved far enough into the future that the story became post-apocalyptic - not a genre I particularly enjoy. And there were still another 9 hours to go!

I began skipping entire chapters. The story evolved into several other genres. (Survivors in the far future consider the man a messiah or a harbinger and a religion develops.) I was reminded of a dozen different Twilight Zone episodes.

The ending wants to be profound. It wasn’t.

I made a repetitive poem for school but I’m so proud of it that I shall share it!

Here it is:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/13lVDcBaJC6v8DNBlA37RS2j06BkPraBsEuAI-Cv7WDg/edit?usp=drivesdk

Yes I had to steal a line from another poem but whatever. Giving images to whoever guesses where I stole the first line from correctly(hint: it’s long and related to politics)

Soren went to the park with his friends today, they wanted to hang out before it's time to go back to school