Put the Book Down

If your parents or grandparents
Had lived a decade or more more,
Would they have known how things turned out?
No, not hardly. There was still more.

If Nostradamus lived to now,
Would he have finished the story?
Centuries aren’t nearly enough
For prophecy to close its doors.

You think if you hang on awhile,
You’ll get to see how things turn out?
Live out a whole millennium,
You’ll end not knowing what’s in store.