How in the earth
can we pursue justice
if injustices
grow in proportion to our greed?
How in the earth
can we promote growth for the sake of growth
and not become
the very cancer we fear?
How in the earth
will ecosystems survive
if we worship
economy as an end to democracy?
How in the earth
can we let children perceive
we cared only
enough for ourselves and no other?
How in the earth
can we call freedom patriotism
then enslave
others for the economic benefit of the few?
How in the earth
can we continue to believe
that some kind
of technological fix will always pull us through?
How in the earth
can this trial by vanity
always be in
the reflection of our own god?
How in the earth
can we live on the edge and not even know where we are?
lloyd marbet,
6/15/01