Lexiconjobs i look forward to the day when the word “trending” stops trending, when “Isis” becomes again a reference to an Egyptian goddess (though she was, among other identities: “a principal deity in all rites connected with the dead”1), when “planned obsolescence” is no longer the corporate-state policy for how to treat Mother Earth and her Rainbow Peeps, the phrase “vegging out” refers to respect for the relaxed and inherent intelligence of vegetables that know how to grow and fulfill their original instructions by being themselves & serving others, when the concept of “free speech” is replaced with simply allowing people to speech, er, speak, and then allowing others to speak in response (and then if necessary: lather, rinse and repeat), when you web-search “twilight” a picture of the evening sky appears instead of umpteen references to the vampire series, when “world peace” becomes a verb and not an abstract noun, time is measured by the cycle of Sun and Stars and by measuring how you handled something in the past compared with how you handle it now but not by money, the fine print becomes legible, the way words and names are butchered, twisted and deliberately forgotten so as to sway the masses with legalese amnesia becomes a thing of the past, .99 is no longer used to price items to trick you into thinking it costs less (a penny for your thoughts), instead of buy one get one free i could just buy two at the same price and not have to waste time figuring out if it’s a good deal (but what if i didn’t need two to begin with or want to give one away?), when 24-7 news channels’ and commercials’ screens go dark because actions speak louder than words. 1 - “Isis: Egyptian Goddess” Mankh (Walter E. Harris III) is an essayist and resident poet on Axis of Logic. In addition to his work as a writer, he is a small press publisher and Turtle Islander. His newest haiku chapbook is “so many people go hungry.” He also hosts an audio show "Between the Lines: listening to literature online." You can contact him via his literary website. READ MORE POETRY AND ESSAYS BY MANKH ON AXIS OF LOGIC |