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By Mankh (Walter E. Harris III) | Axis of Logic
Axis of Logic
Sunday, Mar 11, 2018

Join the club
(the sell is hard),
“Are you a member?”
“Do you have a card?”
 
These questions asked
in virtually every store I go,
whatever happened to
. . . “Hello” . . .
 
For some it’s worth it
if you shop a lot,
either way more pleasant
being friendly, not robot.
 
This pressure to join
the corporate den,
a lesser of evils version
of where history’s been,
 
the 1947 testimonies question
determining many citizens’ fates,
“Are you now or have you ever been a member
of the Communist Party of the United States?”
 
But instead of blacklisted,
now people on a gadget list,
information stored and
privacy goodbye kissed.
 
Going shopping’s like facing
the barbarians at the gate,
at least you can decline,
or get rewards of the state,
 
but the McCarthyism lingers
in public forums,
where without evidence:
gotta be against ‘em or for ‘em!
 
The scare tactics
and labeling of others,
designed to separate
sisters from brothers.
 
And if -- and that’s a huge if --
Russia affected the election,
why no cries to fix
cyber-security detection?
 
As with the 9-11-‘01 Attacks, something smells fishy ⸺
now some are woke and some like a dreamer
but far more serious:
radioactive waters from Fukushima!
 
Busy yourself but don’t have a fit,
you see, the busiest club to be a member of
is the one giving care
to the waters and soil below . . . and what’s above . . .

 
Mankh (Walter E. Harris III) is an essayist and resident poet at Axis of Logic. In addition to his work as a writer, he is a small press publisher and Turtle Islander. See his new book of nonfiction with a poetic touch, “photo albums of the heart-mind”.


In Memory of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, 7 years ago today,
see here and here.




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