first shelter
\nnight of growth
\nfrom gestation
\ncomes youth<\/p>\n
cycle of life
\nfirst begun
\ntwo forms
\njoined
\nto one<\/p>\n
from a pool
\ndark in form
\nemitted to light
\nnewly born<\/p>\n
a gift to a world
\ntorn by strife
\noblivious to its turmoils
\nthis innocent life<\/p>\n
ideas developed
\nfrom all around
\nfrom every smell taste
\ntouch sight and sound<\/p>\n
prejudices shared
\nfrom those held dear
\nloves from those
\ndrawn near<\/p>\n
from fools
\nfrom fears and nonsense
\ndark ideas germinate
\ncorrupting innocence<\/p>\n
a dark soul
\nevolves
\nwonder at beauty
\nempathy dissolves<\/p>\n
a need for power
\ncorrupted by those in charge
\ngreed hour by hour
\nevolves<\/p>\n
until it overwhelms
\ncompassion consumed
\nnot a care about
\nsending others to early tombs<\/p>\n
for the sake of gaining
\nworldly spoils
\nat the expense
\nof others’ toils<\/p>\n
this dark soul rises
\nclimbing over
\nbodies heaped so high
\nthose below smother<\/p>\n
this is the world
\nthat capitalism creates
\npeople consumed
\nby bigotries and hate<\/p>\n
self interest
\ngratification
\none’s chief
\npreoccupation<\/p>\n
private profit
\nat the cost
\nof entire
\nsocieties lost<\/p>\n
lies to rationalize
\nthe loss of basic sense
\nartificial shortages
\nto increase the expense<\/p>\n
of things created
\nby the collective labor
\nof the poor and working people
\nthose who savor<\/p>\n
the small things
\nthat bind communities together
\nforcing multitudes to suffer
\nfor no good reason whatsoever<\/p>\n
because what we produce
\ncould easily meet
\nthe needs of all
\nlife could be so sweet<\/p>\n
instead its reduced
\nto a global warzone
\ndescended into destruction
\nashes and bones<\/p>\n
environmental crises
\nland despoiled
\nchildren starving
\ntheir faces soiled<\/p>\n
youth reduced
\nto running in packs
\nindifferent to life
\nlike sewer rats<\/p>\n
this is the world
\ncapitalism creates
\na cesspool
\nof violence and hate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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