gazans are being brutalized starved and killed

the blasted land they are on coveted

their lives deemed discardable

..

in the sudan there is wasting

in iran new to y dug children’s graves

their lives ended by our department of war

but it’s not a war, the department says

and we are sending our youth there

after telling the nonenemy

no quarter

no mercy

..

our fleshlives are taken over by nonflesh agents

noticers who know what we like

and what our secret selves lust for

and how to lull us into addiction

..

the ocean is more watery

the heat is breaking records

the job market is a ticking time bomb

most of us being either too expensive or too many

..

there is plenty of good news though

minnesotans and canadians are heroes

the baseball season is under way

we’re going to the moon again

the hum of electric vehicles is ever more prevalent

and we are close to ousting one of the vilest humans

ever to attain power

..

and the best news of all: life persists and will persist

a mass extinction is in the works

but some will survive

and love and hope and gained wisdom will persist

however electronic

or quantum-mechanical

their forms may take

and you and i are here NOW, i sending

and you receiving

and that matters as much

as anything that has happened

or will happen

my fine, listening friend