Sinking into the Velvet Moon
2009 Cabernet
in crystal
while the world reels
in isotopes and the ocean
floods the land.
What does it matter
if I hate my job?
Hundreds of thousands
of people are displaced
and bloated purple bodies
wash up on the shore
of Japan.
Dead,
purpling,
bloated bodies
that once were children
playing on the shores
of far Ku-to-yen.
And on Facebook
everything is ok,
and I’ve been invited
to a jewelry party.
Jewelry!
As though anyone —
let alone I –
needs any more STUFF!
I mean aren’t there
more important things
in this world?!
I feed my dog
a special diet
because I can.
Because I live
in the richest country
in the world.
In a state that doesn’t
see earthquakes
or tsunamis.
My dog gets steamed veggies
and tofu
and flaxseed oil
and herbs.
While bloated purple bodies
wash up on the shore
of Japan.
While isotopes drift
across the Pacific.
While people huddle in shelters
in blankets
in the clothes
they wore yesterday.
And I’m sure
they’re not thinking
about jewelry.