Sunday, July 24, 2022

paper gold stars

what's clear
is that everything is unclear.
the fog of war,
the smoke
of fires burning.
the screams
of babies dying.
children
running through the streets
chased by madmen.
a world
of fantasy,
and unknowing.
what will save the world?
not me,
not you.
not separating the tin cans
from the glass bottles.
not eating
organic chickens,
or saving a whale,
or driving electric cars.
all of it,
fool's gold.
mere drops of do gooding
going nowhere.
making us believe
it's all working,
our lapels
pinned with paper gold stars.

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