Time Capsule

Thirty years alone I've been,

Three decades in regret.

Thinking of my past mistakes,

Of goals I never met.

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I see you on the flatscreen,

In position of high trust.

Try to think back to Pawnee,

Through memory like dust.

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Ron and Tom and Donna,

Jerry too is in my mind.

April, Andy, Ann as well,

All people left behind.

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No words exchanged since I departed,

None to you and none to Ann.

I know you finally got that park,

Though did not use my plans.

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Now look at you, within the White House,

While I'm old and left alone.

Tied to memories of the past,

Roads not taken, long bemoaned.

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Now and again I think to ring,

But what is left to say?

We had our chance, you chose another,

In still remembered days.

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So alone I stay and pass the time,

Life is static, no direction.

Watching documentaries old,

Like Parks and Recreation.

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A time capsule of what we had,

Shines a light on times long gone.

But that's the past, and now's the present,

On which no sun shines upon.

A/N

So, first time I write anything for Parks and Recreation and it deals with...Mark?!

Yeah...that said, while Mark wasn't exactly the most memorable character in the world, it's kind of conspicuous that he never gets a mention after season 2. Not even when Ann goes through her 'previous boyfriend boxes,' or it never coming up when Leslie and Ben become a thing. Which is kind of a shame IMO, even if Ben is a much better character.