technologica

uranium plutonium prescriptions of lithium
cocaine migraine carbon gases acid rain
smack crack broken back overdose cardiac
television incision instruments of sheer derision
earthquake yellow-cake heroin for heartache
corruption eruption constant interruptions
ruptured spleens M16’s crates of amphetamines
stroke choke cans of coke blue rings of cigarette smoke
suicide homicide extinction by genocide
electric vine nuclear wine Antarctica B9
back-streets bare feet broken glass and broad-sheets
handshake give and take faster sleep wired awake
eviction conviction words of contradiction
padlock shell-shock explosives in the wall-clock
machinery technology pollutant refineries
sexism racism blindfolded by pessimism

if you sit there in your lounge chair
and draw the blinds
shut out the light
you’ll be safe
you’ll be ‘right
you won’t be here
when it’s time to pay the bill
you won’t suffer for your ignorance…

our children will