There’s lots of spectacular
chatter of late
from the hyper-activated
world-eyed web masters
about — “NTHE” —
Near Term HUMAN Extinction
(as if that’s a big thing)
Anthropocentric
Anthropogentrific
Non-cosmic poppin’ jays
tweeting “oh – it’s much too
late, a fait
accompli woe is we…”
To which I say to you now
What about NTEE?
elephantasmagorical wheels
fading to grey ground dust
particles TODAY in the
NOW term.
What of NTOE?
Oranga-tango dancing
to palm-tree swaying
oblivian fire?
And what of 7 billion
that’s 7 thousand million
migratin’ anthropods shooting methane
bullets at only 600
Sumatran tigers?
Is that a fair fight?
For far too long now
planetary hospitality
has been all about me,
my, mine and
mountain top removal
fillin’ in those streams.
Centuries old tree families
fallen fellaheen like
on beat down daddy Earth
while Mother is drained
of Plutonic tar sand blood
and injected with
electro-convulsive injections
of anti-bio-illogichemikills till
eyes like hungry ghosts
haunt oceanic graveyards
washing whale bones ashore…
All the while we the chosen ones
dream our American dreams
in asphalt jungles devoid of
dream lions and
cacophonic canopies.
How bout we drop the
self absorbing horror shows
and dystopian pleasures on
silver screens cracklin’
with super heroic exploits?
Let us talk of Near Term Human
Nature and no longer
extinct world soul,
no animal porn, either.
As the world lies dying on
Chrysanthemum bed red
with mother’s bleeding heart –
show me that you care
about more than human art
and immortality.
Drop all Hallmark Card
references to NTHE
if you REALLY love me…
And here’s some late breaking news:
THE SUN WILL EXPLODE IN
A RAINBOW BURST OF LIGHT
IN EXACTLY 979 MILLION YEARS!
Oh what a sight that will be…