Monday, March 3, 2008

the madness of thousands of GMO corn fields in the Midwest
which supply the nation's fast food chains and junk food
industries
the madness of corn fed cattle penned up in feed lots
and the obesity of Americans raised on a diet of fat and starch
and the madness of the billions of gallons of fuel consumed
to produce the monoculture crop of unedible kernels of synthetic crap
while starvation continues in the millions around the world
the madness of corn and more corn that is not even corn but some
frankensteinian creation from the chemical labs that resist
pesticides where no living organism like a worm or bug can live
and the madness of the chemical runoff into the rivers and waterways
and more corn for high fructose corn sweeteners for sodas and fast food burgers
to consume on a daily basis to grow fatter and fatter until we explode
like a huge balloon of shit in the pants capitalism

2 comments:

Mad Rex said...

hey, sounds a bit corny to me! but really, ain't it the damn truth!?
CORN CORN CORN for the industrial machines... i think of the Hopi and their relationship with corn: humble and full of spirit..
we are on the wrong track and it is leading us straight over the edge. better grow some wings!
good post TW!

TW said...

The movie King Corn that played at the Bijou last week inspired this.