When Woody Guthrie wrote –
This Machine Kills Fascists –
on his guitar,
he was a volunteer in the
Merchant Marines.
The tool I am using now –
to write these words –
was made in China.
A Communist country
that has embraced
Capitalism.
When we had the
Good Neighbor Food CO-OP –
we had several 18 wheelers –
and a Federation of Ohio River Cooperatives –
we made our own distribution.
Kroger grocery is Union,
(so, was Woody’s boat)
and we were ordered
to compete and destroyed
because our services,
were a threat.
Now, look down at your
feet, past that pixilated tool
and those shoes made
by slave labor –
and tell me how many
lithium batteries you have
thrown away, into the Earth –
that we all are spinning on.
And like this we go
around and around …
– ring around the rosies
a pocketful of posies –
– ashes to ashes
we all
fall down –
