Not yet again (we’re aghast)
here comes the iconoclast:
No mere contrarian
but barbed barbarian
who steadfastly us lambast
Dereliction drastic: Buying stuff in plastic
Convenient in the moment
to buy what’s sold in plastic
but no peace of mind bestowment
as dereliction drastic:
Pernicious plastic everywhere
in human, flora & fauna cells
in groceries, crops, soil & air
in oceans, lakes, streams & water wells
So kids, shall not be solved by smile
or in cute selfies implore
To be saved from a future vile
won’t work trying to ignore
Parents who do not want to change
is an intransigent force
who shall continue to derange
while say they love you of course
But as their conscience is elastic
their engagement be at best spastic
Svider tanklöshet värre än tandlöshet å hemlöshet?
Tanklösheten svider
i klichéer som vissnar
dess logik förvriden
av intellekt som gnisslar
Våra känslor grummlas
likt senhöstens skrumpna ros
Likt handslag som fumlas
flyger närvaron sin kos
Ett liv levt bland oljud å larv
efterlämnar ett sorgligt arv
Men får vi lyckligt vandra när vi struntar i andra?
“Titta här, min lilla skatt
av din frikostiga Mamma
får du en designer katt
som älskar dej meddetsamma!”
Ej övergivet djur på vår tröskel
som bäst att inte uppmärksamma
Vore bara barmhärtighetsfloskel
ej en dygd som vi bör anamma
Nej gunås, låt ej omtanke fresta
för själv ska jag så klart ha det bästa
Us Unwashed Masses huddled over-entertained & befuddled
From Reality divorced
what’s to hold on to in its place?
Fiction by elite endorsed
keeps being pounded in our face:
Their by rote repetitions
authoritatively sounding
arrogant admonitions
from morning til night us hounding
Crushing us Unwashed Masses huddled
over-entertained, tired befuddled
Well-disposed when in self-imposed isolation
Withdrawn, detached at life’s end
in most wondrous isolation
Sweet as blessing Heaven sent:
bestows in stillness elation
In Life is yearned
emotions clarified
Speech not just well-turned
but by thoughts edified
We may enjoy life well-disposed
when isolation self-imposed
Out from under the Net’s lightning & thunder
There was this clever fellow Richard Jon
who felt technology was too far gone
So he gave up emailing, phew!
Instead left notes in his church pew
which is working well as he’s skilled hands-on
Aldrid till freds den konsument som förleds
Lättlurad trots att kompetent
sen i vaggan oförnöjd
styr å ställer vår konsument
tills av bördor, ålder böjd
På egen livstig välröjd
helst av grunkor omhöljd
Fast blott i förgänglig fröjd
eftersom aldrig nöjd
Tål ju ej ens konsumtion fördröjd
av även garnityr på sin höjd
Reality? It’s when I act fancy-free
Verifiable objective reality
holds these days little attraction
People rather making things up fancy-free
not bothered by factual distraction
Any genuine search
may prove imbecility
shall risk you get besmirched
as a liability
There’s no satisfaction in social action
best hang back in consumer stupefaction
Now he’s mostly headlines sifting, while others do the heavy lifting
In verses callow
heart beats warm, cold
Mind mush marshmallow
body creaks old
Now mostly just found headlines sifting
gone the days of own heavy lifting