Outrageous
•
watch them
see them
in their cavernous dwellings
shrines to excess
to waste
testaments to foolish disregard
for our precious planet
observe them hoist themselves
to command positions
in gluttonous drive-time dinosaurs
dreaded treaded behemoths
that bully across the face
of our crippled planet
devouring resources
like a herd
of metallic mastodons
a relentless forage
of fragile fossil fuel
to suck dry
the paleozoic nectar
300 million years
in the making
a fraction of that
in the plunder
and depletion
by frivolous toys
of self-extinction
that spew forth
poisonous discharge
fouling the atmosphere
pummeling our frail ecosystem
shoving earth closer
ever closer
to the brink of no return
to satisfy a toxic desire
for bigger
gaudier
faster
hungrier
to feed
a caustic ego
to assert
perceived dominion
they are the elite
the special
the outrageously dangerous
they
are you and I
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rob kistner © 2008
