Am I a poet if I don't publish
maybe I care more about the dead wood
I see all the trees in the used bookstore
as a person who thinks too much, rubbish
placed on the shelves never purchased or read
objects to ethics and the phrase, I should
eat all the trees in the rainforest, bore
that I am, I will never go abroad
if they bulldoze the habitat, they said
for the betterment of mankind, a joke
I don't care to see these words in a book
decidedly lazy, I know, and always broke
or late for work, I'm jaded, take a look
not at the trees but the forest, the sod
that chooses to destroy is not Shiva
personified like Krishna as Vishnu
understanding the cosmos, a Hindu
burns his wife with acid, such a diva
let bygones be bygones, move on and weep
if there is no natural habitat
shove all the money in a mattress that
helps your stiff back as you try to sleep
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