THE TOPOGRAPHY OF PITY Look at other humans with pity. Why are they so downtrodden? What could possibly have happened to them? What could possibly have happened to you? They may see the consumer sickness They may see the pride sickness They may see the detachment sickness Your belongings won’t save you Money won’t save you, even if you save it Money has spent us, as we have spent it We look upon the scarred earth with pity What have we done to her? Isn’t it she who has given her minerals And electricity To spit us out, Give us life? Only to suck us back in Just so she can breathe with the
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