MONOLITHIC SKYSCRAPERS,
______CONCRETINS_________
OF HOMOGENIZED BOULDERS;
THE LANDSCAPE OF WRECK-TANGLES,
A MONOTONY OF SQUARISM,
THE MONOTONE OF AUTO DRONE
IN DA(I)LY CITY, USA
WHERE NEAT ROWS
OF TICKY-TACKY BOX-HOUSES
BLEND INTO
THE NAMELESS MARKERS
OF THE MILITARY CEMETERY.
TV, AN UNSUCCESSFUL OMNIVORE,
SUCKS COLORLESS ENERGY
FOR THE NONSTOP STARE OF ITS
SEDATIVE RAYGUN,
FOR THE MONOCHROME BUZZ
OF ITS MONOPOLISTIC LANGUAGE.
ONE ANSWER MEN
SHATTER
THE ECHOING ORBITS
FOR A SINGLE POWER SOURCE,
TO HOLD A SUN IN THEIR HANDS;
BE WHITE LIGHT BLINDED
IN A UNIVERSE
THAT CIRCLES AROUND
THEM.
HOLDING INSURANCE POLICIES ON
PLASTIC ASSEMBLY LINE FUTURES
WE'RE DRIVEN ON
THROUGH A GREAT DIVERSITY OF
MAN-YOU-FRACTURED POSSIBILITIES
INTO VAST FIELDS
OF SAMENESS
BATHED
IN POISONS,
PRODUCING
STRONGER INSECTS,
WEAKER PEOPLE,
ADDICTED PLANTS.
OUR CULTURE HAS MONO.
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| *This term originated
in the field of agri- business and refers to single-crop farming. |
* Monoculture is from
Co-Hearing by Kirk Lumpkin, Zygma Multimedia Research, Oakland CA 1983.
Many thanks to Kirk for this contribution.
This poem was written in 1983, and is, unfortunately, still applicable today.
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