Wobbly times number 137

Wobbly times number 136

"Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell." - Edward Abbey.

It’s About Time

We came out of Africa

ages ago

We roamed o’er this planet

in various tribes

But

our numbers have grown

We’re hitting six billion

We don’t need any more

We need a rest

some disposable time

We’ve got enough families

and too many swine

We need a shrink

We’re working too long

driving for hours

with ring-toned

bright mobiles

stuck fast to our ears

jammed ‘twixt car bumpers

to-ing and fro-ing

producing more gadgets

than we’ll ever use

And what’s most of it for

To profit the powers

THE POWERS THAT BE

increasing their greed

immersing our planet

in fads become junk

twelve percent plastic

and toxic to boot

Yes

truth is still beauty

but look what WE’VE got

beauty’s become

a ware to be bought

a thing to be sold

In this day and age

cheapness’s the measure

of market-share gain

It’s just so much fools’ gold

What happened to leisure

Why so much pain

Come on fellow workers

Let’s turn the page

Our faire Sister is groaning

under this weight

We’ve created more wealth

than ever before

measured in money

and we’re still insecure

Output per worker

has shot through sky

do-dads are humming

boss profits are high

while needy go hungry

and poor children die

Yes

by thousands each day

because water is dirty

and boy is it scarce

The deserts are coming

the planet is warming

and pundits are talking

they’re talking ‘bout more

All for the bosses

More power for them

to grow their damn

business

and lest we forget

we’ll get more landlords

and rent hikes galore

Oh my god

can’t you see

by the dawn’s early light

Come on

all you workers

wage slavery’s a bore

It’s taking up your life

and taking up mine

Let’s make something real

something useful for us

for us and our planet

before we go bust

Let’s grow us some FREE-TIME

Give it a think

We’ve piled enough crap up

We need a shrink






"An era can be considered over when its basic illusions have been exhausted." Arthur Miller