Choker of the Apes [Today's News
Poem, February 17, 2012]
Property
is theft; likewise is the self.
Selfness
is the lapse, folly and betrays.
Ownership
is flaw, ego and the self's
Selfish,
and a slave; prayer of the false teeth.
Self
is a desire—nothing like our maw.
Atoms
and your tears give you to ourselves.
Polymers
of life, lifelines on a string,
Billions
on our neck: choker of the apes.
“DURING
Mr. Soleri’s long tenure, Arcosanti evolved into a surprising
anachronism: a company town. The product line? Handmade bells and
heady theories about imaginary cities, or “arcologies.” Ordinary
capitalism — independent businesses and privately held homes —
was anathema.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/16/garden/an-early-eco-city-faces-the-future.html
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