Den Ah Weeds: A semi-coherent eco-rant Jules: Do you catch this poem? Andrei: Not really. Some kind of idealistic eco-crap it seems. Ellesha: What can I say? Most of the crap we encounter is simply between our own ears. Soo: It's a mickey mouse poem, but the basic message resonates. Ellesha: Then remember that and forget the rest. We live in a mutant garden ah eden a toxic-waste-dump-shopping-mall-Cheron ybol & radioactive disneyland wh ich charges steep admission & treats people like multi-access mickey mouse-man nequins . . . Jules: [In an pseudo-reggae style] Man, diz iz boring. Andrei: [In a lame Russo-eubonic imitation] No wun wants ta listen ta a preacher, even aff duh credo is raight right. Elijah: Perhapz it'z gud ta b remunded . . . dream of the blue earth! praise the sea! and remember life isn't brought to you by corporate powers X, Y, or Z. don't let our futures become trade-marked cute little info-gimmicks and incarnations of greed. Andrei: Hey - remind me to buy more beer, will ya Jules? I'm gonna need it by the time this work iz done. Philyra: Yo, your brain wuz dun years ago! Andrei: Let's get fried, man! affirm the parts of us that are still wild and parts of life which belong to every be ing . ===================================================================================== from _Let the waters be my witness: Messages about our watery world_ by T Newfields SUMMARY: This is an exhortation to avoid capitalistic commercialism that is lethal to our planet. KEYWORDS: eco-poem, social depravity, inattention, social apathy, dystopia Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955) Begun: 1994 in Shizuoka, Japan / Finished: 2012 in Tokyo, Japan Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted < LAST http://www.tnewfields.info/BlueEarth/finding.htm TOC http://www.tnewfields.info/BlueEarth/index.html NEXT > http://www.tnewfields.info/BlueEarth/gaia.htm TRANSLATIONS DEUTSCH: http://www.tnewfields.info/de/hohle.htm ESPAÑOL: http://www.tnewfields.info/es/guarida.htm FRANÇAIS: http://www.tnewfields.info/fr/amh.htm NIHONGO: http://www.tnewfields.info/jp/zassou.htm