America the Beautiful
I won’t whitewash my puzzlement. Can’t understand
why the people we’ve chosen to govern our land
Would consider it sane, for even a minute
to ever put toxic chemicals in it!
The prompt words today are whitewash, puzzlement and toxic.
https://fivedotoh.com/2019/02/06/fowc-with-fandango-whitewash/
https://onedailyprompt.wordpress.com/2019/02/06/your-daily-word-prompt-puzzlement-february-6-2019/
https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/2019/02/06/toxic/
Random Thoughts on the Nature of Perfection
Everything in the natural order is perfect.
If you doubt this,
look closely at any flower
or consider the workings
of any animal,
including man.
Each part of nature is so intricately bound up
in the web of it all that its perfection
is only a small part of the whole.
Man makes the mistake of overlooking this
as he pokes and prods and institutes changes
in the natural order.
What man believes is of benefit to himself
is not necessarily of benefit
to the whole cycle of interdependence,
and it may not even be of benefit to himself.
PERFECTION
Potentially,
Every
Reaching
For
Excellence
Contains
This.
Its
Opposite?
Nadir.
But all perfection is not to be aimed for.
There is perfect evil in the world
as well as perfect beauty
or perfect kindness.
If everything in the natural order is perfect.
In seeking to alter nature, it is man who has created imperfection.
Monsanto is the enemy of perfection.
MONSANTO
Perfect
Evil
Rebounds
From
Every
Can
That
Is
Opened
Now.
Perfection is best observed very close by and very far away.
Here is a printable list of Monsanto owned companies: http://www.realfarmacy.com/printable-list-of-monsanto-owned-food-producers/
Captain Kangaroo promotional postcard, 1961
Mister Green Jeans Takes on Monsanto
David confronting the giant,
he has both the hammer and the stepladder
with which to confront the colossus.
Once the school bell rings
and I have vanished halfway through
Captain Kangaroo’s lilting theme music
that signals that one last commercial––
barreling out our front door
towards the vintage wooden elementary school
that leans so close
across the gravel street that divides us
that I can start out on the first ring of the final morning warning bell
and be in my seat on the second floor
by the time the last dong sounds––
Mr. Green Jeans is going to take on Monsanto
in a wrestling match––
transformed by his color
and that ladder
into a Jolly Green Giant
who will save the world
for future generations.
Of course, this is a dream I had.
Each brave nation not our own
must take on the task for itself––
saving the world one enlightened country at a time.
Anyway, even in fantasy, any kid of the fifties and early sixties
knows Mr. Green Jeans was a handyman, not a horticulturist.
It is poetic license that wrote this poem.
See Mr. Green Jeans here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_nrfpPcxQw
Random Thoughts on the Nature of Perfection
Everything in the natural order is perfect.
If you doubt this,
look closely at any flower
or consider the workings
of any animal,
including man.
Each part of nature is so intricately bound up
in the web of it all that its perfection
is only a small part of the whole.
Man makes the mistake of overlooking this
as he pokes and prods and institutes changes
in the natural order.
What man believes is of benefit to himself
is not necessarily of benefit
to the whole cycle of interdependence,
and it may not even be of benefit to himself.
PERFECTION
Potentially,
Every
Reaching
For
Excellence
Contains
This.
It’s
Opposite?
Nadir.
But all perfection is not to be aimed for.
There is perfect evil in the world
as well as perfect beauty
or perfect kindness.
If everything in the natural order is perfect.
In seeking to alter nature, it is man who has created imperfection.
Monsanto is the enemy of perfection.
MONSANTO
Perfect
Evil
Rebounds
From
Every
Can
That
Is
Opened
Now.
Perfection is best observed very close by and very far away.
Here is a printable list of Monsanto owned companies: http://www.realfarmacy.com/printable-list-of-monsanto-owned-food-producers/
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