Saturday 20 February 2010

Economics.

The Earth is finite;
economic models are
built on the idea
of exponential growth.

You want it all - 
you think you can have it all.
Well, you can't.

We're merely motes of dust,
afloat in a great colourful,
violent wind -
water skippers on 
a vast sea of reeds.

6 billion, and growing every day. 
6 billion, and growing every day.
6 billion, and growing every day.

So much love;
so much hate.
So much trust;
so much mistrust.
They feed into each other
like an eternal serpent.

And so tumbling
will come economies
into seas of debt,
and oceans of starvation.

Sorrow.

When will you learn, children?
When?

People think they're 
welcome
in God's kingdom,
but God's kingdom
is full of nought
but dust.

The Earth has been loaned out
to a most forgetful
card-holder,
and the odds are stacked
against us.

Love is the skeleton key
to all our hearts.
Gently does it;
go with ease.

Kisses blown 
into the wind eternal.

2 comments:

  1. Robert,

    Yes, 'The Earth has been loaned out'. Thank you for this piece. I wish you the best.....pajamas

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  2. You're welcome! Ta for the words.

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