As generations pass,
our machines will be powered
by a force
that can be drawn
( at any point
in the cosmos. )
This idea is no fairy tale—
it is entirely achievable.
Humankind has long been guided
by it,
by instinct if not by reason;
it has been expressed
in many places,
in the ancient and the recent past.
We find it in the ancient myth
of Antaeus,
who drew his strength
from the earth.
