EYE WATERSHED
COLORADO
And after the storms pass in violent strife
will you have been nourished, and cherished,
by the skies above or pay the debt and perish
for the time we have taken off her planetary life?
All was given for man.
Once with work all were able to stand without need.
Each taking only according to the family need.
Is there another we can point to whose greed
has shaped the pain, nature through times passing
which had all routed, under control, now crashing
must violently rush down to crush the simple folk
while the planet raping brave and bold
have lost nothing, neither home or grubstake poke.
except maybe a golden point off their portfolio?
© M Durfee
9/18/13
The money lenders have yet again taken over the temple.
ReplyDeleteThere are a fortunate few who have killed their religion and learned that leaving nature be will turn over their tables. But we are feeding our own addictions Carleton and for shit's sake most of us don't even see who first supplied us with the drug of consumerism or the bullshit need to change the landscape to make the earth write our death notice while some are still trying to not kill her.
DeleteFinance is the art of grabbing more and more for the unproductive, amoral, uncaring.
ReplyDeleteAloha
It is now Cloudia. It once was a useful tool of trust, shown either by a handshake or simple contract at easy interest rates not meant to be so high that you lose what you are working to pay for
Deleteugh...there is no way to bridge that gap...and when these things happen it only makes it more apparent....haha i love your tags on this post....gallows humor....
ReplyDeleteAll of my tears were spent years ago Brian. there is a way to bridge the gap but America in particular has not the will to do it because most still believe the lie that "work will make you free." You do know where that came from right---the main gate to a Nazi death camp.
DeleteIn the end, all end up in the dirt.
ReplyDeleteI'd rather it be thrown over me with a shovel Charles instead of a rerouted river engorged with rain water.
DeleteI've never understood how so few having so much and others having so little is a good thing. I know life isn't fair, but it's ridiculous.
ReplyDeleteTalon after the past 8 years or so and all we know now it is not ridiculous but it is still an ongoing criminal enterprise with the complicity of the worlds governments. Watch what happens to the majority population to the city in the petri dish to know how the worlds poor, newly minted poor and long suffering poor will be used to increase the gap even further. America is not helping any bankrupt community for a reason. To see how the nation at large reacts and to see if Marshall law needs be enacted.
DeleteNobody wants to be in debts forever but it is looking like that for many people and many countries ~ Greed is always the heart of it ~
ReplyDeleteGrace, funny thing about debt and greed. After the past 6 years and Detroit's foreseeable future (for me personally) I don't feel any moral obligation to pay any debts not owed to a human who may need the payment more than I need the money,
DeleteInstitutions can only stop me from acquiring more debt for a decade and what I have they do not want. My words would harm them not repay them for their rape of the planet and all of the other changes they have made to the landscape.
If they had not deforested the mountains and left the timber grow old or rerouted rivers the flash floods would have followed the ice age cut paths for them not rushed through towns and developments that blocked the course of the water.
I believe in sharing until my dying day ... it makes tears dry and hearts sing.
ReplyDeleteMeowmomma there comes a point where one has to say no, even if only to forestall the day you pass to the next place.
DeleteMark, I have two different friends that have recently lost their homes due to job loss and the banks unwilliness to let them refinance. What a shame. xo
ReplyDelete...let's turn over the tables!!
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