think outside the bucks26 | Poetry of Mankh |Axisoflogic.com

erase racism because
just one race
human race
but where are we racing to?
and what of cheetah race?
greyhound race?
horse race?
pronghorn antelope race?
wild goose race?
peregrine falcon fastest bird race?
on vacation on the beach as a kid
i saw a
crab race

front men racing for greenbacks,
green paper energy
yes money grows on trees
when trees chopped
for paper for money
let’s stop
attending this year’s CHOP26
feeding good COP bad COP,
COP26 greenwashing bizwiz conference,
we need a MOP26 to clean up this mess
we need a HIPHOP26 to poetry slam the suits
to the mat
tell them
STOP26 wiping your boots on
Mother Earth’s welcome mat
wash your feet by hand
and welcome Her instead,
clean up your histrionics
your herstory
your “his&hers&them” embossed bath towels,
STOP26 making a mess
and address this situation
mushroom cloud lithium battery fires
on the horizon
greenwash dire
too many guns for hire
false solutions fueling the forest pyre
only the four winds blow wire-to-wire
whooops! there went those green blueprints
up in the air
say your prayers because
solar flares
and solar magnetic shockwaves
could bring back the abacus
which would mean long waits
at the checkout-line
while he/she/them figures out the change,
think a change would do me good
looking out the window
maybe that panoply of autumn leaf after leaf after leaf
will teach me something,
damn-it, how to STOP26 thinking about
that compact five-door hatchback battery electric vehicle
actually called a Nissan Leaf

[PS: According to a BBC article “More than 100 world leaders have promised to end and reverse deforestation by 2030”.]

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Mankh (Walter E. Harris III) is an essayist and resident poet at Axis of Logic. Check out his newest book Moving Through The Empty Gate Forest: inside looking out. In addition to his work as a writer and small press publisher, he travels a holistic mystic pathway staying in touch with Turtle Island. His website is here.

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