Jonestown on a Global Scale
by Gary Hardaway
I have no problem with Jim Jones.
He succeeded on a small scale
with what the other inhabitants of the planet,
who aren't human, need- our extinction,
our human extinction. Picture it-
air not clogged with the shit
that makes Beijing the dark joke
of the developed world. Water
clean enough to drink- no benzene rings
to choke the life out of cells too small
to register much in the consciousness
until a painful and permanent loss
of consciousness. It's a small world
after all and the oil you burn in Canton,
Ohio, leaves its death smudge in
Killybegs, Kilkerry and Kildare.
Things in Glocca Morra are not good.
Dominion- what a lethal concept.
Our corpses would blossom with life
perfectly fine without us.
*
(I think there's a typo in line ten.)
I have that feeling sometimes. Usually before the first cup of coffee. *
Like the closing. *
A sentiment that's not new, but worth rumination. Your last two lines are what earns the * :)
Agree with Emily. The last two lines are exceptional.*
Thank you, Amanda (typo corrected),Matt, Rachna, Emily, and Gary.
Ouch. Alas, recurring thots to many of us less-than-hopefuls. Nicely done, Gary.
Thanks, Ed.