Them and Us
When the mushroom men start a project
they hire experts, appoint a boss,
set up boards of famed, noted, prestigious (rich) directors,
hire vast staffs of employees to do the work,
or of subcontractors to do it cheaper yet,
and hold testimonials as they grind out
Pathbreaking Products,
Modern Miracles,
and
Trail Blazing New Weaponry.
They grind up our creativity,
sprinkle the ground with our labor,
and grow mushrooms
of destruction.
When we try to stop them it is a work of endless toil, endless bickering, and endless love
to harness our hatreds, cohere our community,
discuss what needs to be done
disagree dissolve dissipate disappear
re-emerge.
We hassle it out again and again
and counterpose our
love
hate
rage
community
skills
organization
tumult
democracy
creativity
to their
systems
rationality
efficiency
exploitation
law
authority
order
hierarchy
blood-draining loneliness
hunger
war
to grow life
instead of
mushrooms.