SEAWALL

York Harbor, Maine,
Seawall bolstered by billion-year-old boulders,
Containing stripes, curves and variegations.
These runes, like the sea,
Emanate immortal truths.
We humans, how trivial our plans;
How delusional our "wealth" and social posturing.
The clock is ticking,
Recycle, revitalize, replant or die.

PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES

Drug dealers,
Sell,
Sell,
Sell,
New names with
SR, XR, LR,
Generic drugs repackaged,
With new patents,
New products with spurious results,
Feed on fear and suffering,
Like your neighborhood crack house

GREED

Insurance Companies,
Organized crime,
Rape,
Pillage and
Fill politicians' pockets.
They don't cover most
Medicines,
Care or
Procedures.
Cheaper to let people die,
Top execs need
End-of-year bonuses,
Merry Christmas

TRUCK STOP

IRON SKILLET,
Time to eat,
Trucker hustling waitress,
Bullshit thick,
His eyes undressing her,
The primal monkey dance

CIVILIZATION

Cross-country drive,
Giant billboards screaming
XXX Adult Store,
Ethanol tainted petrol,
Hearts over signs selling sandwiches,
Roadside crosses named Billy, Bob and Charlotte.
Scenic route,
One-hundred miles of hell,
Traffic lights galore,
Road lined by chain food, gas, you name it.
"America the Beautiful"