speaking of infrastructure past & present
(semi-on-topic, best I can as a sentimental recollector)
Curiosity & Entrepreneurialism, rewards & takings.
Advancements & Competition, Industrialism . . & War.
Mom & Pop’s generation saw the blacking-out of windows,
Were asked to take arms to fight against tyranny and crazy thinking
Those who stayed behind worked the industries of weapons herein.
Those who spun the spin in order to “win” spun well and we won.
Democracy and the Rocky River Yacht Club could now flourish.
The Cold War, good rock-n-roll, suffering out of range of most
Proletariat forces insure the living wages of a mighty work force
Bringing home the bread and knocking heads and vacationing well
While building up an infrastructure...worthy of the growing populace
The heart of possibility, the seed o breedless breeds had taken hold
& now we could focus on television & professional sports & sex
While other much more vile governments continued to oppress
But our generation has a different kind of responsibility, YO
Got a dissimilar edge to it with the dissension o the rank-n-file
WE are in a unique position to watch it all fall apart in the hands
Of the only profession that has taken hold to merely take its toll on
The whole of the human race and this singular opportune terra firma
Th’only profession ‘at plants seeds o Me, Me, Me signs in every lawn
The only profession that makes its living out of practiced double-dealing
The only profession that ...submits to our trust and admiration all the while
Laughing softly in noir back rooms, plat maps and spread sheets displayed
For the..work to be done is the labor of taking money from ‘ese ‘re hands
And put it firmly into ‘ese ‘re hands over here, where autocracy grows,
And the river flows black, and the tide smells like creosote and oil,
And babies are born with one eye gone or lumps on their spines,
And the workers take pay cuts while spending added hours
Away from home and family; & the kids raised by kids.
So I can be depressing by just simply reporting
Or I can shed a tear or try to raise the luminosity
By the solace act of saying a prayer into the trees
n sharing a hug, a few bucks, ..an anecdote or smile
all the while believing that the best of humankind are on
it, brutha, making headway ‘cross the highways n skyways
Gona overcome the tyranny finally and see the Earth for
The blessing she is; Quit with the billion dollar boys
clubs of the NOC and the GOP and the Fox TV
& get on with more earthly things like com-
mon sense and down with farm subsidies
and up with sustainable use of forests
and the sea; take the advise of those
who really, really, know the score
in all facets of ecological growth.
And STOP dumping trade waste!
& talk, ..talk, to a kid for a while.
Energize circles of common trials
Do something, anything, proactive
n if U want to, do look at me n smile
