Tuesday, October 31, 2006

WHAT HAPPENED HERE?


Oh, God!
What happened here?


The blue-green ball of mineral and animal

Hurtling through space
Tethered to a minor star
Is turning brown
With mold and smog
And plastic plastic.

Shit happens, they say,
And once upon a time when earth was young
Made flowers grow;
But this thingamajig, doohickey, gizmo waste
spread unevenly around the planet
Is more condom than fertilizer.
Puppy dogs and daffodils donĂ‚’t stand a chance.

Oh, Man!
What happened here?

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

What happened...?
What is happening...?
What will...What is going to happen next?

Pray and work for revolution...evolution takes too long...and requires something of humanity...or shall we just place our bets...? Chump change.

Jerral Miles said...

Susanne,
Exactly! You folks in The Netherlands and in some other European countries are much, much more sensitive to the problem than most of America's politicians are.
Jerral

Anonymous said...

I think the McDonalds box sums up what's happening quite well...