To alter nature we build
     build bridges
     sidewalks
     structures
doing our damnedest
     to undo
the rolling wonder of this planet
we deny ourselves
     nature

all bureaucratic efforts
amount to litter
all our rubbish
should be outlawed
as a crime against God
or Nature
or Whatever
or Whichever
or Whomever
is responsible for this planet

even billboards and highways
should be dismantled

look around anywhere
     everywhere
we're cutting into earth
co-ordinating
     straight lines     constructing
     corners              conforming us
all right angles
     boxing us in      boring us
     placing everyone
     into categories
consumer
     provider
          predator
peak of the food chain

perhaps the really intelligent animals
traded in opposable thumbs
     for fins
     dew claws

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