Not Sustainable

Not Sustainable

Our culture tells us

we will find happiness in life

if only we get a good job,

support our military and the cops,

buy all the next big things,

and drink the right beer

but more and more of us,

as time goes on,

realize the deal

is neck-deep in bullshit.

The TV markets things

like cars, toothpaste and cellphones

to us by trying to punch our buttons,

---talking about things

that really matter in life,

like love, companionship, kindness,

and creativity, while showing us video

of Cadillac cars, AT&T phones, or the sort

of fancy houses surround by big green lawns

only a few of us could ever afford.

Life in our culture can never be fulfilling

so long as it's controlled by companies

and institutions that value your money

more than your life and who try to turn

the truly important things in life

into nothing but excuses to buy more shit.

Build your home on top

a cesspool of pure bullshit

and into the muck it's sure to sink.

Times will change as more people

realize our cultures picture

of how things should be is as artificial as the

latest movie's flying monkey special effects.

This much is clear---

if we don't change our culture,

Nature will change it for us,

because societies caught

in the grip of corporate profit margins

are not sustainable,

doing great harm to their own citizens,

and to the world around us all.

Dewey Dirks