Sequence - a poem

poor people starving in the street.

that's the scene,

just poor people starving in the street, being

blamed for their own starvation.

the rich people fat bellied and working out,

doing yoga, and pilates, and zumba,

owning up to their best selves in their own personal gyms.

Should have used a shake weight,

should have wasted their time,

should have used a million ideas that actually would have done

something. Should have could have, would have.

it's time to listen to the earth,

but the poor people are starving,

that's the scene.

that's the scene, only one in a sequence,

but the entire movie is broken into small pieces.

people starving themselves of food, compassion, life, understanding

because when the mind was a convenient thing

to waste.