I知 sitting on a cloud
of flatulence and exhaust fumes;
I知 certain that you are
contributing to my little cloud.
If you ride a bus or drive a car,
ride a train or take a plane;
if you get from where you were to where you are
by anything that痴 been named.
I知 sitting on a cloud
of flatulence and exhaust fumes;
I知 certain that you are
contributing to my little cloud.
If you eat what you cannot pronounce,
what痴 been through hells of our denials,
what痴 suffered and manipulated for amounts,
in dollars but not children痴 smiles.
I知 sitting on a cloud
of flatulence and exhaust fumes;
I知 certain that you are
contributing to my little cloud.
If you voted in the last election
or ignored it altogether
out of convenience and option,
not disenfranchised despair.
I知 sitting on a cloud
of flatulence and exhaust fumes;
I知 certain that you are
contributing to my little cloud.
If you池e reading this,
or if you wrote it;
if you find this ridiculous,
or you if you dig this shit.
I知 sitting on a cloud
of flatulence and exhaust fumes;
I知 certain that you are
being smothered by my little cloud.
If you live in a third world country,
or if your sex is other than male;
you might be in my country
in a town darker than pale.
I知 sitting on a cloud
of flatulence and exhaust fumes;
I知 certain that you are
being smothered by my little cloud.
If you池e homeless, hungry,
abused or ignored;
if you池e compromising
for survival, not just more.
I知 sitting on a cloud
of flatulence and exhaust fumes;
I知 certain that you are
being smothered by my little cloud.
If you find it hard to breathe
or buy your water in a bottle;
if you live close to the sea,
or nearby yet to be nautical.
I知 sitting on a cloud
of flatulence and exhaust fumes;
I知 certain that you are
being smothered by my little cloud.
If you resist the degradation
of the dominant paradigm,
its paralysis and seduction
and its control of time.
