Reflexion

by Lynette Fromme

“the real master is the best servant.”

Modern society offered little purpose but earth-destroying jobs for money to buy substitutes for love, and guard against the risks of experience. Who wanted to live in a world where the most exciting and meaningful pastime was shopping?

We loved California, and it was being ruined by too many cars, planes, factories, pesticides, herbicides, and whatever the industries could con people into buying. When Los Angeles’ people finally admitted to smog so thick it could sicken, their answer was to cancel school recess and keep the kids inside. Charlie Air and water ain’t worth much — after all, it’s everywhere. How would it fit on the stock exchange?

“How do I feel? I feel that you can’t spend 500 years fucking up the earth, air, and water and then pay a Hindu to get you to forget it.”