Calamity Game
Calamity Game The loudest voices Screech at each other And still struggle to be heard. An operatic dissonance A bewilderment And an entertainment Obscuring the instrument Grinding a world to dust. These words have been said Too many times, Too many ways, By so many others, And still go unheeded By nearly all of us. How have we been trapped? With easy conveniences? Yes. With the promise of indulgence? Surely. With fears of impoverishment, Of having just a bit less, Or a disagreeable moment? Absolutely. Greed is the human absolute. It may be evidenced By the quest for the better blanket, The fancier coffee, Or new pants in BOTH colors. Our rising seas, Worsening storms, Expanding droughts, Are all fired by the human absolute: The lust for “better’, “more”, Or simply different From what we already possess. We are still toddlers saying “Mine, mine, MINE.” The worst part? So many of us know that… And not e...