Monday, October 19, 2020

enlightened self-interest is an oxymoron


a rouge of self-deception
in other words stop haranguing my vegetables
they'll grow and die in their own time
start listening to something other than
a closing bell on the stock market
it's a death knell
i know the smell
of my own compost
it was never
manna from heaven
but simply vegetables
for what they are
before they rot
before the elections
before the gardens
broke their promise
to be eden

--- e b bortz

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