Advancement
The Industrial
Revolution
built a new
class,
non-landed
capitalists
who nibbled
away,
then ate
away
at the roots of
agriculture,
until factories
devoured
the bulk of
earning,
creating a new
peerage
so far removed from the
earth
they lived farther from
their holdings
then the plantation
aristocracy.
And men of great
wealth
began to disappear from
visibility,
except the great
barons
hated but
admired
by an envious
people
deluded by
democracy,
blindly
believing
and encouraging their
children
to lofty
aspirations,
denied to almost
all
because of limited
ability.
Descent
Before we descend into
chaos,
poverty leading to
hunger,
desperation leading to
crime,
there is still a
modicum of hope
that the owners of our
land
will relent and
moderate
economic
oppression,
allowing subsistence
for many
expectations of
abundance for some,
but some of us
fear
the wealthy have
illusions
of retreating to
protected enclaves
when rioting and
disorder
convulses a needy
people
submerging into
animalism
as they struggle for
survival.
Precipitation
Rain falls on the
city
neither gentle nor
soothing
to the
unappreciative
who no longer
know
where they get their
water,
the essential
service
that we can only do
without
a little longer than
air.
And as we rush to work,
school,
shopping, other
activities,
we resent getting
wet,
fume at any
delays,
get
overheated,
uncomfortable,
completely
unaware
we once lived without
shelter.
Scientific Progress
The chaos of the
universe
unperceived by
most
who go about
affairs
unaware disaster
looms,
work, play, create,
invent
in the blind
expectation
that nothing will
interfere
with best laid
plans,
comforting
routines,
triumphs and
defeats.
We often do not
learn
pleasure is
fleeting.
Those who
speculate
on the meaning of
existence,
ask why are we
here,
examine right and
wrong,
question the nature of
belief,
reach arbitrary
conclusions,
except certain
scientists
who demonstrate
proof
at a primitive
level
of demonstrable
facts
that make drastic
changes
in day to day
life
that most of us accept
without
understanding.
Madness Unleashed
Insane
attacks
with guns, knives,
bombs,
increasing
in fraying
America
yet we walk city
streets
reasonably
secure,
expecting
to arrive
safely,
at home, school,
work,
be
unmolested
by a disturbed
person
waiting to
detonate
for whatever
reason
on innocent and guilty
alike.