Washing the dishes<\/p>\n
I allow the water to run too long<\/p>\n
and think about the fertile crescent drying,<\/p>\n
saltwater remains.<\/p>\n
I think of China, flooding<\/p>\n
overflowing rafts of the desperate floating through the city.<\/p>\n
Where will they go?<\/p>\n
I think about Scientists,<\/p>\n
trying to reinvent photosynthesis,<\/p>\n
arrogant bastards.<\/p>\n
I think of the endless garbage they try to sell us at the grocery store,<\/p>\n
the catastrophic repercussions catching up with us as we run towards greed, our hands ready.<\/p>\n
I think of the field of corn.<\/p>\n
I didn’t believe it<\/p>\n
when she told me they used Roundup to kill everything.<\/p>\n
He kept asking me, “Did you see the corn?” Like a field of aliens<\/p>\n
all sprouting up in a row, tiny little creatures.<\/p>\n
I think of the artist and activist Ai Weiwei,<\/p>\n
condemning power through a silent gesture of anger.<\/p>\n
Like him, I give the finger every time I walk the field, to my neighbor.<\/p>\n
No red clover,<\/p>\n
No patches of wildflowers,<\/p>\n
No red-winged blackbirds,<\/p>\n
No laps of solace,<\/p>\n
No late nights surrounded by wild eyes and falling stars,<\/p>\n
No sanctuary<\/p>\n
A whole field of corn<\/p>\n
for your tax-free land.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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