8/21
does the body bemoan
the loss
of feudal certitude?
the mystery of the hunt?
the rhythm of cultivation?
does flesh rebel
against the tyranny
of limitless opportunity?
extract a price of freedom?

the evening news
spews adverts
shilling remedies
for the maladies
of modernity

most of us die
of surfeit

outside
climate controlled rooms
a whirling sky
marks the planet's passage
through infinity--
leaves
bud--photosynthesize--
brown & fall