CALM Publishing

LIFE FORMS

 

Breathe, walk, think.

Let the fires burn out

On their own.

See the improved land –

All Americans are in

And the world is not excluded.

Just stroll across –

Schools, hospitals and shelter await.

Head to the D.M.V. –

Get licensed and processed,

Get your Cali I.D.

Fly Al Jazeera to Saudia, London

Enjoy your hotel suite

Over-looking Hyde Park

And return to L.A.

For your next starring part

         But it is not your life to waste

         It belongs to the corporation

         It belongs to the S&P 500

         And to the Government checks

         That keep coming

         Except for the homeless

         Who wander from tent to tent

         Soon camping at Nordstroms

         In the deserted Westfield Mall

         Next to the financial district graveyard

         And close to City Hall

         And the Pelosi Federal Building

         Festooned with crack pipes

         Personally demonstrated

         By the trash they left behind

         Once human, now desecrated life forms                     

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