If it was just geo-politics
it would not be the end of the world
just the end of an era
we have been through rough patches where the old ways have fallen away
and the world feels as if it's spinning apart
and it is, we've hit another patch
in all of history we have managed to persist through those patches
but
we have also reached another point
a point where the oceans can not hold any more carbon
the fishes are dying
the air can not hold any more carbon
the birds are dying
the polar ice caps are melting in February
instead of enjoying the bounties of the earth
we have raped her
most of us didn't mean to
its our culture
a culture built to require cars
to get food
shipped twice across the world
before it makes it to your supermarket in cute little packaging
all that convenience so we can work for the men
who pay for the politicians
who make it profitable to
pump more oil
pump and drill
pump and drill
but orgasms never come
unless they jack off to their balance sheets
